Since the 80s, the company Miramax has been behind some of the most iconic and celebrated films. The Crying Game, Pulp Fiction, Clerks, Shakespeare in Love, and even a few Pokemon movies! One of the top people at Miramax was producer Harvey Weinstein, who left the...
I’ve talked before about the tricky topic of politics at the workplace. But in such politically polarizing times, it’s important not to forget. In liberal workplaces, conservatives feel isolated and won’t reveal their political views for fear of judgement. We live...
Last month, the Guardian ran a long profile of the 32 year-old Abdul El-Sayed, a doctor born to Egyptian immigrants, who is campaigning for Governor of Michigan. The article quite unabashedly branded the young would-be politician as “the new Obama”, a “progressive...
I’m not Catholic, but I do recognize and respect that Catholic schools are, well, Catholic. And who is one of the central figures of Catholicism, and Christianity as a whole? Jesus. While I don’t agree with tearing down Confederate statues on public property, I do...
As one of the centers of the modern tech revolution, Silicon Valley and the tech industry have a growing economic power that could readily translate to political power. While the tech world has typically been pretty aloof when it comes to politics, this most recent...