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Published: February 10, 2022 by John Harrington
Since the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus, dubbed COVID-19, a global pandemic about two years ago, the virus […]
Published: February 8, 2022 by John Harrington
The United States prides itself on being a nation of laws, and it is almost universally accepted that laws are […]
Published: February 5, 2022 by John Harrington
What do Audrey Hepburn, Vivian Leigh, Jennifer Lawrence, and Sophia Loren have in common? All won an Academy Award before […]
There are more than 35,000 museums in the U.S. Though many of them showcase art, there are many other kinds […]
Published: February 3, 2022 by John Harrington
While the pandemic has devastated wide swaths of the economy, it has been a boon to the streaming service Netflix. […]
The 24th Winter Olympics will be held in Beijing from Feb. 4-20, a much-needed distraction from the pandemic and the […]
Published: February 2, 2022 by John Harrington
Even the most zealous movie-lover has probably missed a lot of great movies. Some were highly acclaimed when they were […]
Published: February 1, 2022 by John Harrington
Has the sun finally set on the British Empire? Prince Charles thinks so. When Great Britain handed over Hong Kong […]
The motion-picture industry last year began to recover from the pandemic-caused downturn in 2020, when box-office revenue plunged by 75%, […]
Published: January 31, 2022 by John Harrington
To be a blockbuster, a motion picture needs at least some of these elements: a well-crafted plot, engaging characters, even-handed […]
Genres come and go on television, but comedies and dramas centered on the family have never fallen out of favor. […]
Published: January 30, 2022 by John Harrington
The world’s greatest winter sports athletes will convene in Beijing in February for the 24th Winter Olympic Games. The first […]
Grace. Elegance. Pride. Defiance. Pioneer. Any one, or all, of these words describe the character of Sidney Poitier, the trailblazing […]
Published: January 28, 2022 by John Harrington
We all look forward to the weekend, and movie companies are no exception. It’s the best opportunity to debut a […]
French aristocrat Baron Pierre de Coubertin was the visionary who dreamed of reviving the Olympic Games. He believed such an […]
The best gangster movies are commentaries on why some people can’t, or won’t, assimilate into a civil society. These films […]
Published: January 27, 2022 by John Harrington
On Tuesday, Jan. 25, David Ortiz became the latest player to be selected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. The […]
Published: January 26, 2022 by John Harrington
With the second anniversary of the pandemic nearing, we don’t need to be reminded of the deadliness of viruses. As […]
Published: January 24, 2022 by John Harrington
In 2021 NASA landed a new robotic rover Perseverance on Mars, the space agency’s most ambitious and successful effort in […]
Published: January 22, 2022 by John Harrington and Grant Suneson
Each of the 50 states that comprise the United States of America has its own shape. How their shapes were […]
Published: January 21, 2022 by John Harrington
A cover version is a new performance of a song originally recorded by somebody else. When an artist covers a […]
Published: January 20, 2022 by John Harrington
If 2020 was the year for country artists to hunker down and try to avoid the pandemic, 2021 was the […]
Published: January 19, 2022 by John Harrington and Grant Suneson
Secret societies have captured the imagination of the public for centuries. Many of these groups are thought to be ancient, […]
Published: January 18, 2022 by John Harrington and Douglas A. McIntyre
Homo sapiens began to appear about 300,000 years ago. It was only about 10,000 years ago, however, that humans began […]