A spoonful of sugar! With maybe just a touch of strychnine. Oldsters, who were kids in 1964, may still recall the hoopla and hysteria around "Mary Poppins," released 60 years ago this August 27.

Higher education is under a lot of pressure right now. Public trust in our college and university system is extremely low. Questions about the value of a degree are creating financial strain for both ...

For most scribes who have toiled in the movie industry, portraying Hollywood as a healing paradise is roughly equivalent to regaling a lobster with the soothing properties of a boiling pot of water.