Bill Maher: “We’ve gone from fat acceptance to fat celebration — To view letting yourself go as a point of pride? — Seventy-eight percent of hospitalized COVID-19 patients were obese throughout the pandemic — but did you ever hear an elected leader tell us to protect ourselves through improved diet and exercise? The 69 percent we are afraid to upset No, because: 36.5 percent of adults are obese, and another 32.5 percent of Americans are overweight — and politicians are…

Whitney Houston’s mother sang with Elvis Presley — so the two idols met face-to-face in 1969 — Whitney Houston and Elvis Presley, two of the best-loved singers of two generations, met when Houston was 6. Her mother sang with Elvis. “You don’t really meet — you actually just look at Elvis,” Houston recalled in an interview before her death. “My mother sang with Elvis for years. She…

He inspired lover Meryl Streep: ‘He wasn’t like anybody I’d ever met…’ Five Best Pictures in 7 years? The amazing John Cazale — You know Academy Award champion Meryl Streep — but do you recall the actor who changed her life? Every John Cazale film was nominated for Best Picture and rated among the greatest films ever. Streep won three Academy Awards (a record of 21 nominations). Cazale taught Meryl Streep how to…

How to eat better than you do now: Pretend she’s stuffing that food and liquid into a built-in balloon — How I’ve lost nearly 30 pounds without following any “special” diets: when you eat or drink, imagine your belly is a balloon. Some of us have stomachs that resemble balloons, but the ballon image came to me in three ways that are all helpful motivation: 1. Making your world (built around a balloon)

The One-Hour Diet: A new way to productivity — How often do you plan something — and instead have your day hijacked? All the time? In an hourly world full of constant distractions, try the “one-hour diet” of turning distractions off for one straight concentrated hour. Football coaches report how difficult it is to teach today’s high school players…

Role reversal? Democrat Abrams mocks health tech, pushes conspiracy as her foes back ‘the science’ and a new NBC News clip — CNN now calls Stacey Abrams “the clear underdog in Georgia.” Throughout the pandemic, Democrats told voters to trust doctors, public health officials, and “the science.” Politics is suddenly changing her narrative — but our political views tend to impact how all sides talk about a host of issues.

The new book and a 10-part video course connect the dots explaining the details many Catholics haven’t explained well — Nearly every Catholic seems to be missing at least one key piece of the puzzle, desperately seeking “communion.” “I felt in my bones that the universe does not explain itself,” — C.S. Lewis. What We Believe: The Beauty of the Catholic Faith by Marcellino D’Ambrosio and Sarah Swafford debuts at…

The kindest conversation: Robby Dawkins likes debating religion — but he instead offered the loudest atheist a lot of genuine love — Heart over the head? Robby Dawkins looks more like a bouncer in a blue-collar biker bar than a Christian evangelist. His goal: Build bridges and heal hearts where Christians rarely go. …

Victim or victimizer? Mimetic desire, the need to imitate or respond, is the heart of our disorder: Why we need attention — Ferruccio Lamborghini made tractors. He was so successful he owned a few Ferrari sports cars — but their clutches kept failing. Finally, Lamborghini personally confronted Enzo Ferrari, noting his tractors used the same clutch without failure, so why the issue on his cars? Ferrari brushed off Lamborghini, who decided he…