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Today’s Young People Need to Learn How to Be Punk
“Mr. Mitchell, how do we access the punk?” That’s what a student asked at Emerson College in Boston after a recent screening of “Shortbus,” my 2006 film, which chronicles a real-life bohemian New York City art and sex salon scene that flourished ...
Why We Can’t Escape Alcatraz
When President Trump recently said he wanted to reopen Alcatraz, to “lock up the most dangerous criminals and keep them far away from anyone they could harm,” it was hard to know how seriously to take him. The federal government already houses its ...
There Are Ways to Die With Dignity, but Not Like This
Early in my medical career, I was shocked to learn that intensive care units are full of patients who never expect to leave the hospital alive. Facing advanced disease and collapsing organ systems, they rely on the miracles of modern technology to ...
Pope Leo Is All Over the Map, and That’s Driving Some People Crazy
President Trump is no longer the most important American in the world. He is certainly the most powerful, at least for three more years, but power is only one measure of importance. On Thursday, a Chicago native and Villanova University graduate ...
Bangladesh Bans the Political Party of Its Ousted Former Ruler
Sheikh Hasina fled the country after a mass uprising against her government, but the party she led remained a factor in Bangladeshi politics.