by sumac | Feb 26, 2018 | Artistic apologies
On “Fresh Air,” Terry Gross was talking to the co-writers and co-directors of Coco, Adrian Molina and Lee Unkrich. Setting up a question about how to make a “child-friendly” movie about death, she began, “Now, this is a family film. Adults are supposed to bring...
by sumac | Aug 16, 2015 | Institutional Apologies
In Maajid Nawaz’s book Radical: My Journey out of Islamist Extremism, he tells of an unpleasant experience with the Essex police when he was 15. (Nawaz was born in Essex. His parents were born in Pakistan.) Someone had spotted his 16-year-old brother...