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Films of Journalistic Discovery

Hollywood offers valuable reminders of the stake we all have in The Fourth Estate. More than ever, we need the Daily Planet’s Clark Kent more than Superman. One of the durable genres of television is the police procedural.  From its inception, the medium has put a spotlight on dramas about crimes, and the efforts of … Continue reading Films of Journalistic Discovery

Do We Still Share the Same Culture?

[This piece written in 2019 asks whether different generations in the United States still share the same culture.  I was pessimistic then.  My argument that the young could afford to be more self-involved has not aged well. There is now ample evidence that the young are stressed, mostly from the long Covid nightmare, an economy … Continue reading Do We Still Share the Same Culture?