Peter Funt

Hollywood, like society, has trouble with the truth

05/16/2022

We’re living in gray times, bobbing in a sea of information where there is no longer much black or white. We have access to more ... Read More

Players cling to baseball’s unwritten rules

04/25/2022

While Major League Baseball fiddles with its rules — such as adding designated hitters in the National League, and limiting the ways defenses can shift ... Read More

$ong sung green as music sales boom

03/16/2022

Nathaniel Adams Coles was 15 when he dropped out of Wendell Phillips Academy in Chicago to pursue a career in music. Three years later, in ... Read More

We Don’t Want Blood-Stained Oil

03/07/2022

Dear President Biden: Many of us feel helpless — overwhelmed, actually — about the catastrophe in Ukraine, wishing we could do more to show support ... Read More

Don’t Throw Away Your Mask

03/02/2022

Five years ago a sports injury forced me to wear a light brace on my knee. Within a few months the joint was fine, yet ... Read More

Bingeing New TV Shows Won’t Last Long

02/11/2022

Nine years ago this month Netflix changed how we watch television. The streaming service released an entire season of its political drama “House of Cards” ... Read More

Washington Football Team goes for super blah

02/02/2022

The Washington Football Team claims to have received 40,000 suggestions, and the best the former Redskins could settle on for a new name is “Commanders.” ... Read More

Biden’s promise will weigh on court nominee

01/27/2022

Joe Biden’s promise two years ago during a debate in South Carolina about a future pick for the Supreme Court will create undue pressure, at ... Read More

Dog walkers know rules of the road

01/20/2022