Paul Asay

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  Mar 5, 2022

  3 lessons we can learn from Batman

  What we can learn from Batman is that tragedy and pain need not destroy us. We can push through the pain. Sometimes, we can even use it to help those around us a little.

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  May 24, 2021

  ‘Friends’: Were they really there for us?

  We’re heading into a big weekend of entertainment. Cruella’s hitting theaters and Disney+. A Quiet Place II will be making noise as well. But for many, the weekend’s entertainment crown jewel will be on HBO Max: The Friends reunion special.

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  Nov 10, 2020

  Who is Alex Trebek? A man we can learn from

  Deeply decent. It’s not a compliment we hear much now. Perhaps, in some circles, it wouldn’t even be compliment at all. But maybe to be deeply decent is one of the highest honors we could have chalked up on our tombstones — and one we should encourage our children to pursue.

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  Mar 18, 2014

  Disney's New Magic: With 'Frozen' the Mouse House Matures (in Mostly Good Ways)

  When I was about 8 years old, my dad took my sister and I to see a re-release of Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty. Evil witch Maleficent terrified me, what with her legion of goblins and thorn-generating staff and ability to turn herself into a super-wicked dragon.