To Flourish or Destruct

Christian Smith takes issue with sociological theories that explain away human actions as entirely motivated by outside forces, or explainable through simple motivations—but he fails to go quite far enough in his explanation of what causes human beings to act.

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LACMA

The organization and subject matter of LACMA's exhibition on home points to the true heart of hospitality and of what it means not to have a place in the world.

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Graduation

Romanian director Cristian Mungiu’s award-winning film examines life in a corrupt and amoral society—but not without a small example of the redeeming practice of virtue.

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