So trivialization is an inevitable outgrowth of this confusion. In fact, says Hardcastle, it's normal. "I'm inclined to think of a culture, even one as unwieldy as ours, ...

Wordplay flirting with substance abuse in prime time and political barbs have brought drugs into the media. Do they normalize ...

The Trivialization of Impeachment. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff on Capitol Hill, October 15, 2019. (Carlos Jasso/Reuters) ...

Not too long ago, it wasn't clear if the gray-flannel U.S. had a sense of humor. Madonna even exhorted America to "lighten up!" Now, with practically… ...

THIRTY YEARS ago, bioethicist Peter Singer wrote for the New York Review of Books a piece entitled "Animal Liberation." With it, the animal- rights movement was born. Singer wrote in the Guardian ...

I disagree. Whether by personality or profession, I am compelled to take exception. Growing up, I liked adults much better than I did other children, thanks to their superior arguments. Now, as a l… ...

Holocaust trivialization is inherently polarizing. Once one side of an issue accuses its opponents of a Holocaust-like action, the two sides retreat to their corners, far more inclined to fight ...

This past weekend, supporters of the Occupy Wall Street movement occupied Wal-Mart’s, Toys “R” Us, and other big companies across the country to protest corporate greed. As the movement ...

I didn't know why at first but upon hearing the announcement by Arnold Schwarzenegger that he is running for governor of California, I knew I had the subject of my next column. No, it wasn't because ...

Magic realism has become so commonplace, so trivialized, that its future as a mirror of deeper truth is being compromised. The technique has begun to lose its usefulness as a literary device. The l… ...