Arts & Culture
Arts & Culture, Good Living
Anne Hathaway’s Hard Work is No Sacrifice
Ari Armstrong February 25, 2013
Congratulations to Anne Hathaway for taking home the Oscar for best supporting actress for her performance in the film Les Misérables. Congratulations to her also for correctly understanding the nature of sacrifice—and for refusing to describe her value-achieving actions with the term. Although many people describe hard work as a…
Arts & Culture, Reviews
Review: Jiro Dreams of Sushi
Daniel Wahl February 20, 2013
Daniel Wahl reviews Jiro Dreams of Sushi, directed by David Gelb.
Arts & Culture, Reviews
Review: Zero Dark Thirty
Andrew Bernstein February 20, 2013
Andrew Bernstein reviews Zero Dark Thirty, directed by Kathryn Bigelow.
Arts & Culture
Interview: Linda Cordair on the Importance of Art in the Workplace
Ari Armstrong February 10, 2013
With her husband, Quent, Linda Cordair operates the Quent Cordair Fine Art gallery, which aspires to help create “a rebirth of comprehensibility, beauty, romanticism and stylization to contemporary subject matter.” In addition to selling works of art, Linda also consults with businesses on placing artworks in office buildings and other…
Arts & Culture, Science & Technology
William Shatner’s Tweet and the Power of Art
Ari Armstrong January 5, 2013
Earth date: January 3, 2013. William Shatner—most famously known as “Captain Kirk” from Star Trek—sent a Tweet to Chris Hadfield, the Canadian astronaut currently commanding the International Space Station. Shatner Tweeted, simply, “@Cmdr_Hadfield Are you tweeting from space?” Hadfield replied, “Yes, Standard Orbit, Captain. And we're detecting signs of life…
Arts & Culture
The NFL: An Analogy for Government’s Proper Role in the Marketplace?
Michael A. LaFerrara November 29, 2012
In defense of government regulation of the economy, NewsCompanion.com writer Stephen Hiltner writes: Sports, in general, provides a fine analogy for what government’s role should ideally be. The athletes and their teams, motivated to beat the competition, bring to their game the same energy and creativity that entrepreneurs and businesses…
Arts & Culture
Soccer Coach Wenger is Right to Reject "Positive Racism"
Derrick Nantz November 4, 2012
Recently the Professional Footballers' Association (an English soccer trade union) called for new rules “to make sure qualified black coaches are on interview lists for job vacancies” and to establish monitoring of “the proportion of black coaches and managers,” reports the Guardian. The Association drew inspiration for its proposals from…
Arts & Culture, Reviews
Review: Lunch Break, by Quent Cordair
Daniel Wahl August 20, 2012
Daniel Wahl reviews Lunch Break, by Quent Cordair.
Arts & Culture
An Olympian Congratulations to Kirani James, Oscar Pistorius—and Össur Kristinsson
Ari Armstrong August 6, 2012
Olympic contender Oscar Pistorius ran the 400 meter race Sunday in 46.54 seconds. That’s a speed of over 19 miles per hour. Stunningly, Kirani James beat Pistorius by 1.95 seconds. Anyone who has seen Pistorius race knows why James paid him tribute by asking for his name bib: Pistorius runs…
Arts & Culture
Celebrate the Cinema
Ari Armstrong July 29, 2012
In light of depressed movie attendance due partly to the recent murders at an Aurora movie theater, we should remember the profound joy and inspiration good movies can offer. TOS has reviewed a number of films: The Avengers, Act of Valor, The Help, Atlas Shrugged: Part I, and The King's…