The news that “Crazy Rich Asians” had become the most successful romantic comedy in nearly a decade inspired, I confess, not just happiness but relief. For months, my group chats had hummed with ...
Like that other 2018 megahit “Black Panther,” the movie “Crazy Rich Asians” destroys the notion that we need “people who look like us” on the silver screen to experience catharsis. The human condition ...
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(RNS) To most people, a few biblical passages are a crazy justification to handle deadly serpents. But I evaluate these kinds of claims through Weiss’ Law of Religious Relativism: Any religion is, by ...
Kim Jong Il, the former leader of North Korea, once made 11 holes in one in a round of golf. On a well-publicized scuba dive, Vladimir Putin, Russia's president, happened to find two ancient artifacts ...