Books and brain development: Why reading is much more than a pastime for children and teens

While some of us enjoy curling up with a good book, others prefer watching a series or playing video games. But from the ...
CNN

What’s the new national pastime?

Editor’s Note: CNN Contributor Bob Greene is a bestselling author whose 25 books include “Late Edition: A Love Story”; “When We Get to Surf City: A Journey Through America in Pursuit of Rock and Roll, ...
WHYY

Review: Bamboozling ’em with the ‘National Pastime’

Play ball! But wait — time out! Don’t play ball, just pretend that you are. And there you have it — the plot of the new musical “National Pastime” at Bucks County Playhouse, in which a radio station ...
The Inlander

National Pastime tells the story of two men — one Black, one white — who, aided by friends and family, united to break the baseball color line

The very first scene that playwright Bryan Harnetiaux wrote for his play National Pastime was also its most severe. Although it's often referred to in euphemistic shorthand as "the office scene," the ...
CNN

What’s the new national pastime?

Editor’s Note: CNN Contributor Bob Greene is a bestselling author whose 25 books include “Late Edition: A Love Story”; “When We Get to Surf City: A Journey Through America in Pursuit of Rock and Roll, ...