When I told a writer friend of mine I was writing about sentimentality, he said, surprisingly, “Are you for it or against it?” Conventional wisdom holds that sentimentality is categorically repugnant, ...

Raoul Moat persuaded himself that he was as much a victim as the people he shot. The many tributes to him show that others take this seriously Credit: Photo: NORTH NEWS Turning on the radio one day, I ...

Mom and apple pie. Dogs and cats. Weddings and babies. God and country. We call people “sentimental” when they express unusually strong emotional attachments to events, objects, places, eras and ...

Getting some love for The Little Way Of Ruthie Leming today from Texas. From my pal Bill Holston’s review in the online version of D Magazine, out of Dallas: If I had to find a single word to describe ...

Recently, online fashion retailer Net-a-Porter caused a viral sensation with its #WorldMostLovedCEO video that featured an over-the-top farewell celebration for its departing CEO, Mark Sebba. In a ...

In an ever-evolving world, sentimentality serves as a powerful force that connects us to our past, shapes our present, and influences our future. It is the lifeblood of our personal lives, manifested ...

Do we dismiss sentimentality in media too easily—or not enough? (Photo by: Giacinta Pace/NBC NewsWire via AP Images) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive ...

Yesterday, James Piereson weighed in on Lyndon Johnson and liberal sentimentality–a huge topic, that. It would take a different sort of Robert Caro, one attuned to the political uses of mendacity, ...