Filmmaker Irene Taylor Brodsky has performed a minor miracle with her documentary film Hear and Now. In just 85 minutes, Brodsky presents us with not one, but two incredible movies.
The first is a sensational medical drama. It is the story of a married couple in their mid-60s, deaf from birth, who choose to undergo a radical surgical […]

The great thing about the election season is that we all get to see democracy in action.
I’m not talking about the race for the Democratic Party’s nomination. There’s nothing terribly democratic about that. Not with Superdelegates, disenfranchised states and rogue reverends running around.
I’m talking about American Idol.
 The election process in American Idol is so much […]