Opening Up

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Beyond Entertainment

“My ideal as an interviewer is to be the person who gets it. Like somebody can tell you something really personal. You can ask them something that can help them comfortably move to the next place and go deeper. Hearing someone speak really personally, and having that affirm your experience as a sexual person, or as a sick person, or just as a person trying to get through daily life, is really valuable. And I think that’s why we turn to literature, I think that’s why we turn to film, beyond the entertainment it gives us.’’ 

—Terry Gross, WHYY interviewer and radio host, “Terry Gross and the Art of Opening Up,” The New York Times Magazine, Oct. 21, 2015

“The New York Times editorial…it ought to be in the dictionary under ‘O,’ for ‘out of touch,'” - See more at: https://www.thewrap.com/ted-cruz-new-york-times-front-page-gun-editorial/#sthash.sGTUXyV1.dpuf

“The New York Times editorial…it ought to be in the dictionary under ‘O,’ for ‘out of touch,'” - See more at: https://www.thewrap.com/ted-cruz-new-york-times-front-page-gun-editorial/#sthash.sGTUXyV1.dpuf

“The New York Times editorial…it ought to be in the dictionary under ‘O,’ for ‘out of touch,'” - See more at: https://www.thewrap.com/ted-cruz-new-york-times-front-page-gun-editorial/#sthash.sGTUXyV1.dpuf

• Editorial Comment: A breath of fresh air.

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