It’s hard not to look at recent headlines and not be struck by how similar stories can garner such dissimilar reactions from the media. Radar Online has posted audio purported to be of Mel Gibson in a horrifyingly threatening tirade against Oksana Grigorieva, the mother of his eight-month-old daughter. Assuming the tape is authentic (which…

That great American think tank known as the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is out with its much-anticipated Emmy Award nominations for supposed excellence in television. I use the word “supposed” because excellence when it comes to art (if that’s what television is) is, of course, a subjective concept.  I’m made more aware…

If you’re looking for a good book to give your kid to read — or to read yourself — I recommend Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce. Published by Walden Pond Press, the 311-page novel tells the fantastic story of Liam, a 12-year-old British boy whose height and premature facial hair cause him to regularly be…

On Monday I wrote about the latest problems of Mel Gibson. The piece received a fair amount of response. Most, I think it’s fair to say, was positive as readers agreed with my basic contention that the controversial actor/director is in need of prayers and compassion and not condemnation (though his words and behavior have…

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