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Photo Credit: Weatherbox, via Free Images If you are a theater buff like me, you love to get a peek backstage. The pretty set and lights up front are nice, but if you are a true thespian, you want to get a look at the script, talk to the set designer, and see how...

Hypocrisy is an art form. If done well, like Cosette in Les Misérables, you will weep with her. However, it is not Cosette you cry with, it is the fine actress that sells you her story. We applaud these hypocrites, for they make us feel, think, even move us to action. Shortly after Charles Dickens wrote the novella, A Christmas Carol, in December of 1843, hearts softened and a spotlight of shame focused on the plight of working-class children. Well done, Mr. Dickens. I too am a hypocrite…

Microphone and red spotlight