Religion, Politics, and The Great Pumpkin

Religion, Politics, and The Great Pumpkin

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It's An Envious Life

It's An Envious Life

Why an unnecessary focus on greed ignores the real culprit at the center of human despair

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Dec 23, 2023
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In an opinion piece for the online magazine Psychology Today dated December 5, 2022, George Michelson Foy, a creative writing instructor at NYU, criticizes the message of the Frank Capra cinematic classic It’s a Wonderful Life. Underscoring the sense of community and interpersonal relationships that bind the protagonist George Bailey to his idyllic home…

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