At first, in the early days and weeks and even years of my dad’s struggle with dementia, he just seemed more deeply himself. Bruce Jay Parker had always been quirky, in ways that generally delighted ...

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The primary obligation of any government, the Declaration of Independence tells us in its famous second paragraph, is the “safety and happiness” of its citizens. The necessity of securing safety is ...

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Kate Winslet directs a formulaic script by her son, Joe Anders, about a dying matriarch and her quarreling adult children. By Natalia Winkelman When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed ...

The star enlists an enviable big-name ensemble to enliven a script by her 21-year-old son Joe Anders, but they can't mask the shallow sentimentality of the material. The not-cancer-free mother in this ...

From left: Andrea Riseborough, Johnny Flynn, Kate Winslet and Timothy Spall in 'Goodbye June.' Netflix Considering the fact that Kate Winslet‘s directorial debut, Goodbye June, is set around the ...

People conceive “living well” and “doing well” to be the same as “being happy,” Aristotle says in the “Nicomachean Ethics,” “but about the nature of this happiness, men dispute …” Contemporary ...

The lyrics to Jason Aldean's "How Far Does a Goodbye Go" find him dreaming a dream that won't come true. There's guarded resignation in his voice as he sings this new song, the first from his next ...