Culture

Downton Abbey: Making Goodness Fashionable 0
- Culture
- September 30, 2019
Downton Abbey stunned the film industry this month by pulling in over $31 million at the box office opening weekend, exceeding forecasts by more than 50 percent and making it the largest opening in distributor Focus Features’ history. Clearly the lives and times of the Crawley family and their servants have not lost their appeal
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How This Entrepreneur Went From Door Man to Running a Three Billion Dollar Hotel Empire 1
- Culture
- September 30, 2019
Alan Fuerstman is the embodiment of the American Dream. He’s the founder of Montage Hotels & Resorts, a California-based luxury hotel and resort company that has a portfolio of $3 billion. He was listed on the Haute 100, received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, serves on advisory boards, and gives back
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Middle-Aged Men Are Part of the Loneliness Epidemic, Too 0
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- September 30, 2019
Chronic loneliness is an increasing concern, and apparently not just among the elderly and social-media crazed millennials. A recently released YouGov survey finds that almost one in five men in the UK say that they have no close friends. The findings also show that men generally lead more solitary lives than women, who appear to be better at
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NYC Seeks to Curb Speech About Illegal Aliens 0
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- September 28, 2019
New York City is seeking to use an overly broad ordinance against discriminatory harassment to restrict speech about illegal aliens, such as use of the word ”illegal alien” to describe workers or tenants. That violates the First Amendment. Its Commission on Human Rights is targeting such speech in recent ”immigration guidance.” The Commission states, ”Even an employer’s
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Trump, Greta, and the Faint Heartbeat of American Humor 0
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- September 27, 2019
This week Greta Thunberg went to Washington. Like the legendary Mr. Smith who went to the capital city before her, Greta was the talk of the town – not only for her youth and uniqueness, but for the guffaws her U.S. debut ignited. Unlike Mr. Smith, whose optimism was the object of ridicule, Greta’s pessimism stole
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Expensive and Dangerous: Our Epidemic of Prescription Meds 0
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- September 27, 2019
Pop. Pop. Pop. That’s a common occurrence in households throughout America. I’m not talking about gunfire or Orville Redenbacher’s corn. I’m talking about popping pills. Most of us are aware of the opioid crisis. As the National Institute on Drug Abuse reported in January 2019, more than 130 Americans die every day from “the misuse of
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