Bryce Harper hit one of the most massive home runs of the 2019 MLB season on Thursday night, blasting a walk-off grand slam into the upper deck of Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia to cap a five-run comeback for the Phillies against the Chicago Cubs. Entering the bottom of the ninth trailing 5-1, the Phillies were able to rally to get a few runs back early in the inning and then load the bases for Harper. Read More...
Everyone I talk to seems to be exhausted. Exhausted by their marriage, their divorce, their last date, their day job, their dream job, their politics, their grief, their family, their friends, their fertility, even (or especially) their emails and algorithms. Most of what I mentioned is life’s big stuff, so, of course, they require our energy and efforts. But at a time when efficiency and productivity seem to be at the center of our lives, why do so many of us feel behind and not enough? Read More...
We aren’t the first humans to have faced hardship and uncertainty, and those who came before us have left all sorts of survival manuals. The movies of Depression-era Hollywood—melodramas and gangster stories, comedies and musicals—constitute just one of those guides.
The history of movies is the history of looking at people: People more beautiful and charismatic than we are, people who are having fun in extravagant ways that we ourselves may not be able to afford. Read More...