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Graduates: Show Courage

Posted on May 20, 2013 by

It’s graduation season and with that, commencement speeches. Two recent speeches have resonated with me so far this spring. President Obama, addressing the Atlanta, Georgia- based Morehouse College, a historically all-black male school founded after the Civil War, invoked Dr. … Continue reading →

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Revisiting Middle-earth: The Hobbit

Posted on December 27, 2012 by

“Want to see The Hobbit after lunch?” my son Nathan, soon to turn 26 asked his father. They were meeting before the holidays, during the workday. Though each wished they could skip out from their respective offices, each knew he … Continue reading →

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Worth Seeing: Skyfall & The Other Son

Posted on November 12, 2012 by

Skyfall.   You don’t find out what it refers to until about ¾ the way through the movie. I won’t be a spoiler, but it’s a place best left forgotten. I’m not that much of a James Bond movie fan. I … Continue reading →

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“Liberal Arts” The Movie; Liberal Arts in Life

Posted on September 16, 2012 by

“What do you do with a degree in religious studies?” my dinner companion asked, referring to his son, a Kenyon College senior and friend of my daughter’s, an American Studies major. “Get a job, we hope,” I said. We were … Continue reading →

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War on Women: Can it get any Scarier?

Posted on September 4, 2012 by

Before Missouri Republican Senatorial candidate Todd Akin made his oxymoronic  comment  “legitimate rape,” the talk of the table, when our daughter and her friends gathered,  was Anne Marie Slaughter’s  Atlantic article,  about whether women can have it all. My daughter, … Continue reading →

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Hoping “Hope Springs” Brings Hope

Posted on August 13, 2012 by

Hope Springs, the new movie staring Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones isn’t a comedy, despite what the ads say. There a few funny scenes and lines, and it does have a happy ending.  Getting there however, is awkward and … Continue reading →

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The Dark Knight Rises: No Holy Smokes, Batman!

Posted on July 30, 2012 by

Don’t expect to hear Robin spouting any “Holy Armadillo”  in the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises.  Don’t expect to see any comic book onomatopoeic action words like “POW!” or “BAM!” accentuating every punch and kick.   Don’t expect to … Continue reading →

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Double British Delight: Iron Lady & Downton Abbey

Posted on January 17, 2012 by

A freezing cold day; a perfect time for a movie matinee.   Iron Lady, stars Meryl Streep as Britain’s Margaret Thatcher and captures Thatcher’s upbringing as a grocer’s daughter, how she earned a place at Oxford, and entered politics in 1959, … Continue reading →

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Mumbai Morsels

Posted on December 16, 2011 by

Mumbai, formerly Bombay, is a city of contrasts: new high rise office buildings abut slums, shacks where people live on very little a day, working at street stalls, selling items and offering services: haircuts, shaves, ear cleaning and more.  For … Continue reading →

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Mary Badham: “Looking Back with Scout”

Posted on November 9, 2011 by

Nearly 50 years after appearing as “Scout” in the 1962 film To Kill A Mockingbird,  Mary Badham continues to bring the movie’s messages about equality, compassion and tolerance around the world. Badham shared her memories of making the movie, her … Continue reading →

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