On Monday, the United States’ reimposed economic sanctions against Iran, which had been removed under Obama after the Iran nuclear deal, went into effect. Iran is now defying the sanctions and threatening to restart its nuclear program.
In response to criticism that he white-washed his film Exodus, director Ridley Scott talked about why he chose all white actors for his film. Christian Bale was tapped to play the lead role of Moses, and the rest of the cast is as white as they come despite the movie being based in Africa.
As a youngster my father always told me to never make excuses. He stressed that habitual “excuse making” leads to defeatism. He spoke of defeatism so pejoratively that I began to think it was some sort of plague. When he even uttered the word excuse his face would contort in an ugly cringe as […]
