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The thrill of acting is “the honor of being able to change a person’s life by what it is you do,” says Grey. Illuminating an idea through your role is […]
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The live performance that you see is unique. It’s yours. And sometimes a live performance can touch a nerve that both the actors and audience can share the experience of.
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Acting always affects every part of your life because taking on the responsibility of someone else’s character is a solitary, lonely, thrilling circumstance.
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When he was performing at just nine years old, Grey looked down from the stage to see audience members sobbing. “I thought, ‘Wow. Wow! This is the real thing.’ This […]
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As the world’s largest brewer, AB InBev’s business is built around increasing the amount of beer people consume. So why is the company advocating for moderate drinking?
"Sept. 11 used to be a day when America came together—party politics took a backseat to reconciliation. The anniversary of the terrorist attacks this year threatens to become a day of hate."
"Nine years later, it’s so easy to get people to go crazy. If I wanted to, I could probably start another India-Pakistan war all by myself." The New Yorker's George Packer on the loss of reason.
"President Obama and his administration have embraced the secrecy and usurpations of power that made possible the Bush-Cheney betrayal of American values."
"Did 9/11 make us all mad? Our memorial to the innocents who died nine years ago has been a holocaust of fire and blood." The Independent's Robert Fisk laments the ongoing wars.
"Barack Obama’s expected advantages are turning into handicaps in the war on terrorism." The Economist says the softer, kinder President has failed to distinguish his own approach.
"When confronting threats real or imagined, Americans tend to go big, very big." A former Middle East CIA specialist says the political response to terrorism is often too cumbersome.
"Artists know as well as anybody that music sells stuff, so why shouldn’t they sell the stuff too?" Rob Walker says musicians no longer lose credibility by marketing products.
Why do we listen to someone talking on the phone with more attention than to a conversation where we hear both sides? The Frontal Cortex explains the unavoidable temptation to eavesdrop.
"Anyone who's ever waited at the Post Office, applied for a driver's license, or filled out a tax return knows that government is no model for efficiency." The Adam Smith Institute Blog opines.
"Government policies to prop up the housing market not only have failed to fix the problem, they are prolonging the agony." Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz on how to fix the housing crisis.
I still remember seeing the Tribute in Light from the New Jersey side of the Hudson. From a distance, the twin beams of light standing where the World Trade Center […]
Yesterday, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California Judge Virginia Phillips declared the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy unconstitutional. In her ruling—which comes on the heels of […]
Laboratory tests find that exposure to sexual stimulus makes individuals impatient. Does this mean that people in more sexualized societies are less likely to save money?