Commentaries
The International Movie Database (IMDb) remains the best single source for information about filmmaking and those who create them. I urge you to check it out. For example, here is a portion of the information IMDb provides about Charlie Chaplin. …
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Louis Menand, published by The New Yorker. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for a free newsletter, and obtain information about various subscription rates, please click here.…
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April 23 is William Shakespeare‘s birthday (in 1564) and probably the day on which he died in 1616. FYI, the author of Don Quixote, Miguel Cervantes, also died on the same day. Here are some interesting facts about Shakespeare that…
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Will Rogers (in full William Penn Adair Rogers) was born November 4, 1879, Cherokee Territory, U.S. [near present-day Claremore, Oklahoma] and died August 15, 1935, near Point Barrow, Alaska). He was an immensely popular American entertainer, radio personality, film actor,…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an obituary by Robert D. McFadden about a very special person, Edward Koren, one of The New Yorker‘s most talented artists. * * * For six decades in The New Yorker and elsewhere, his…
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The Holocaust was the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million European Jews by the Nazi German regime and its allies and collaborators. The Holocaust was an evolving process that took place throughout Europe between 1933 and 1945. Every…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Herminia Ibarra, Claudius A. Hildebrand, and Sabine Vinck for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information,…
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“The Power of Introverts” is among the most popular of all TED programs. Thus far, it has been viewed 26,291,847 times and I highly recommend it to you. In a culture where being social and outgoing are prized above all…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Aaron De Smet and Chris Gagnon for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign up for email…
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What Kind of Mind Does ChatGPT Have?
Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Cal Newport for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Credit: Illustration of two tin cans connected with a…
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