“Into the Wild” (2007)

Always thoughtful Adam-Troy Castro kicked off a morning essay as follows:  “A couple of decades ago Jon Krakauer wrote a widely-acclaimed book, which became a widely-acclaimed movie directed by Sean Penn, called INTO THE WILD. It followed the mystery of a young man named Chris McCandless, who on the eve of attending Law School gave his college fund to charity, hit the road, cut off all communication with his family, and was not heard from again until hikers in the Alaskan wilderness found his...