Latest from Alyssa Rosenberg
- Opinion
America has had a bad run. Two movies might restore your faith in the idea of it.
'Nomadland' and 'Minari' are frank about America's challenges — and the values that can guide us through.
- Mar 4, 2021
- Opinion
The Great Dr. Seuss Hysteria of 2021 shows how silly and unimaginative adults can be
Some of Theodor Geisel's books are definitely very racist. But treating him as either the worst or best children's book author ever is a mistake.
- Mar 3, 2021
- Opinion
The Golden Globes are a good reminder you don’t need to take everyone’s judgment seriously
Someone's always going to be wrong on the Internet, at awards shows or anywhere else a lot of people congregate.
- Feb 26, 2021
- Opinion
Watching HBO’s new Woody Allen documentary feels like taking a moral stress test
It challenges the viewer to examine whether they’re learning something enlightening or just rummaging around in someone else’s pain.
- Feb 24, 2021
- Opinion
The Trump Show’s been canceled. Who will be America’s next main character?
There are a lot of candidates. Which one we pick will say a lot about us.
- Feb 19, 2021
- Opinion
Hollywood is horribly inconsistent. We should stop looking to it for moral leadership.
The entertainment industry has wildly different rules for stars and wannabes. We shouldn't use it to define the marketplace of ideas.
- Feb 17, 2021
- Opinion
Stop dismissing love stories. They’re exactly what we need to survive covid-19.
When the world shrinks down to you and another person, managing relationships is a vital survival skill.
- Feb 12, 2021
- Opinion
Trump is banned from Twitter forever. He’s so lucky.
Conversations about how to regulate speech online are important. But they assume we've all decided that spending time on social media is good for us.
- Feb 11, 2021
- Opinion
Want to hold Trump supporters accountable? It doesn’t have to be complicated.
If encouraging the president to declare martial law is so bad, who cares whether the person doing it makes great pillows?
- Feb 8, 2021
- Opinion
Boredom is making the world weirder and more dangerous
The pandemic has left people isolated and under-occupied. No wonder they're diving into conspiracy theories and gambling on meme stocks.
- Feb 5, 2021