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Scary News, Scared Kids?
We all know about the power of media to influence our perspective on reality. Even so, sometimes I see that lesson illustrated in ways that
The Current Cautionary Call
Let’s face facts. If you take everything we watch, read and hear at face value, our modern life is out to get us. It’s like
Chasing Death for 15 Minutes of Fame
There are professional storm-chaser videos, and then there are WHAT-are-you-thinking-you-lunatic storm–chaser videos. Not long after the most recent siege of devastating tornados ripped across the
Movie Tuesday: The Hangover Part II
The box office derby sent us Plugged In movie reviewers searching for Alka-Seltzer over the Memorial Day holiday weekend. It kinda made us feel a
Aaarrr! Hornswaggled!
When I was a kid, I thought pirates were pretty nifty. They had eye patches, peg legs, cool parrots (who might also have eye patches
A New Kind of Pitch
Writer/director/producer J.J. Abrams is, of course, the guy behind mysterious and spooky sci-fi faves such as Lost and Cloverfield. And you’ve probably heard that he’s
Too Much Skin
I bite my tongue a lot whenever I’m let loose in public. The other day at a large, upscale mall in Denver, I almost bit
Please Step Away From the Pink Pony
Last week, Selena Gomez shot a video for her latest single, “Love You Like a Love Song”—a video that included a couple of ponies with
Movie Monday: Did Pirates Find Treasure?
Shiver me timbers! Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides raked in plenty of booty this weekend, with Capt. Jack Sparrow dragging more than 90
Whose Rapture Is It Anyway?
An 89-year-old retired civil engineer from Oakland, Calif., believes today will be Christians’ last Friday on Earth. That prediction has been circulating widely in the
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