Let's get down to business. The casting kerfuffle over Disney's live-action remake of the 1998 animated hit "Mulan" brings honor to none. It's a politically correct tempest in a Chinese teapot.
More than 90,000 angry activists have now signed a petition "to tell Disney that we demand to see them cast an Asian Mulan." The lead instigator, Michigan children's librarian Natalie Molnar, vented against the practice of "whitewashing" — that is, employing "white Caucasian actors and actresses in roles originally meant to be characters of color."
BOSTON — Results of a new poll released this week may shed light on the direction voters will go regarding a series of November ballot questions, and the results do not bode well for charter school proponents and opponents of marijuana legalization.
The survey, conducted last week by the MassINC Polling Group in conjunction with WBUR Boston Public Radio, found that while 41 percent of respondents supported lifting the state's cap on charter schools, 48 percent are opposed, with 11 percent undecided. The survey also found that 50 percent support the legalization of marijuana, compared to 45 percent who oppose it and 5 percent who are undecided.
