Tag: commentary

  • Smiling Children With Down Syndrome On French TV Controversy

    Smiling Children With Down Syndrome On French TV Controversy

    The debate about how to represent images of children with Down Syndrome on French TV rages on. “Smiling Down Syndrome Kids Banned from French TV in Case they Offend Post-Abortive Women” by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.  Nov 24 2016. France’s Conseil d’État (State Council) has confirmed its ban of the award-winning “Dear Future Mom” video from…

  • Aziz Ansari Find Funny in Empathy

    How encouraging to see that empathy – the understanding and sharing of emotions and experiences of another person (Merriam-Webster.com) – is a focus in the upcoming Netflix sitcom Master of None. In an age of Twitter storms and social shouting, does it sometimes feel that listening-to-understand gets quashed? I, for one, would love to see…

  • Reading Richard Ford’s “The Lay Of The Land”

    I am now about 110 pages into the second novel of Richard Ford’s Bascombe trilogy. So far it reflects the author’s penchant for reflective writing and the search for meaning in the banality of daily living. It is challenging to find Bascombe a truly sympathetic character at this point. Sure he’s insightful. He spews more…