Harold Ramis offers advice to young filmmakers in 2002 interview

As most (hopefully all) of you know by now Harold Ramis passed away yesterday. The star of SCTV, writer of Animal House, Meatballs, Stripes, and Ghostbusters, Director of Caddyshack, National Lampoon’s Vacation and Groundhog day leaves a void in comedy. But maybe, just maybe, someone out there has what it takes to be “the next…

So It Turns Out Self Esteem Isn’t All That Good For You

Normally I pay little attention to these things but as a parent I’ve never bought into the idea that ‘schools shouldn’t fail students’ or that everyone should get a trophy just for showing up. It appears that I’m, at least partially, vindicated. According to Scientific American: “The problem, as it turns out, was an inability…