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Just for (Vain) Men
Isn't it ironic that when you reach your 60s, you do things to try to make yourself look younger that you would have done in times past to look older?
Perry Block

Perry Block

Essays 3 minute read
Starting the phone call with bad news. (Photo by Nathan Rein via Flickr/Creative Commons)

Compassion
Should there be a mutually respected statute of attenuation when it comes to the dissemination of bad news?
Bob Levin

Bob Levinand Adele Levin

Essays 3 minute read
Jonathan Hyde as Eldritch Palmer in "The Strain." (© Copyright 2014, FX Networks. All rights reserved.)

Vampires through the years

Nightmares of the past reborn
Vampires have changed through the ages, as has their meaning, both on the surface and in subtext. This is a look at these mythical beings through a pop culture lens.
Chris Predmore

Chris Predmore

Essays 6 minute read
Like father, like son: Noah Beery Jr. and James Garner in "The Rockford Files." (Photo by Gene Trindl - © 1978 Gene Trindl - Image courtesy mptvimages.com)

James Garner: An appreciation
James Garner passed away at 86 as real heroes should: from natural causes, the ultimate ending for a performer who made acting seem so natural.
Joseph Glantz

Joseph Glantz

Essays 5 minute read
Ducking the question: Keanu Reeves in "The Matrix." (© 1999 - Warner Bros. Entertainment)

Are you famous?
As usual, a child asks the question we're all wondering about.
Kile Smith

Kile Smith

Essays 5 minute read
"Throes of Creation" by Leonid Pasternak

Pondering the life of creation
What does it mean to live a life of creation? Is it a withdrawal from the world? Or the primary source of continuous change?
Tom Purdom

Tom Purdom

Essays 4 minute read

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The misbegotten right to be forgotten
Can a new Google rule save a humor writer from himself?
Perry Block

Perry Block

Essays 2 minute read
Listening intently. (Photo by Katherine Hala, via Flickr/Creative Commons.)

The gut-punch of kids’ poetry

Fighting words
The women dance the poems my students wrote; they shout, they punch phrases with choral readings or echo words for emphasis, using hands and mouths and eyes to semaphore anger, silliness, betrayal, and sorrow.
Anndee Hochman

Anndee Hochman

Essays 6 minute read
Amy Adams as Amelia Earhart in "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" (2009)

Amy Adams gives up her first-class seat to a soldier

How should we support our troops?
The actress Amy Adams made the news recently by giving up her first-class plane seat to a soldier flying coach. Do we owe our troops anything more?
Robert Zaller

Robert Zaller

Essays 3 minute read
Taking the artist's measure. (Image from the Smithsonian Institution Archives [SIA].)

Further thoughts on Tara Erraught

For female performers’ bodies, don’t lose sight of tradition
I’m so glad some writers are still willing to speak up when others suggest that we might be able to separate critical commentary on talent from judgment of physical appearance.
Alaina Johns

Alaina Johns

Essays 5 minute read