If there’s a genre that I try to avoid, it’s the revenge movie. Not so much a film like this summer’s The Gift, in which a wronged person plots a psychological payback, but the whole Walking Tall genre in which we’re shown a monstrous person or persons committing heinous acts in order to get us to relish a similar level of violence being directed at them.
[NETWORKING] Emerging Business Leaders, a group within the Amherst Chamber of Commerce that is focused on developing the next generation of movers and shakers, is hosting a get-to-know-you-better session in Williamsville’s Irishman Pub. Including food and drink specials at the bar to aid conversation, the evening promises to foster the groundwork for any successful business: relationships. Bring a non-perishable food item for the WNY Food Bank and a friend a two and we’ll see you in Williamsville Thursday night!
Election cycles seem to rev up popular resentment of the Fourth Estate, something we’ve witnessed in the recent complaints about reporting of questions regarding the accuracy of presidential candidate Ben Carson’s autobiography. These spikes in protest and condemnation should be considered as examples of much of the American public’s longstanding suspicion of and disrespect toward mainstream journalism. It regularly ranks low in surveys of the degrees of popular esteem in which various professions and institutions are held.
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Who said what? Can you tell which statements are from the Daesh claim of responsibility for last week’s Paris attacks, and which statements are from “Christian” pastor Steven Anderson?