It’s with very cautious optimism that I think (okay, hope) that this nation has turned a corner in its response to school shootings. I know, usually we stick to the script of crying, offering useless “thoughts and prayers” and then forgetting about it, until the next mass shooting. Some people may note that many mass shooters are young men with histories of domestic violence, … [Read more...] about Thinking about guns and gun control in wake of Parkland mass shooting
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NOTW: Pinot Meow, $5,000 hamburgers and the coming moviegoing apocalypse
ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT Perhaps there are parents who (according to the Cinepolis movie chain) long to watch movies in theaters while their children (aged 3 and up) frolic in front in a “jungle-gym” playground inside the same auditorium. If so, the company’s two “junior” movie houses (opening this very week in San Diego and Los Angeles) may bring a new dimension to “family … [Read more...] about NOTW: Pinot Meow, $5,000 hamburgers and the coming moviegoing apocalypse