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America, Limping Toward Malaise?
You hear and read a lot of commentary on how America’s values are skidding down the slippery slope at breakneck speed. But you don’t typically
Movie Monday: The Social Network
Sony “likes” The Social Network—and a whole lot of other folks do, too. The movies most folks are calling “the Facebook film” topped the box
Whose Football Is It, Anyway?
A couple weeks ago I had a momentarily confusing, disorienting experience watching NFL football on a Sunday afternoon. I’d just gotten my son down for
The Graying of Network TV
Broadcast TV has a problem. (No, not Two and a Half Men, although, trust me, that show’s got more problems than my uncle Benny’s waistband
Really? This Is Awesome?
I first heard about AwesomenessReminders.com about a month ago and assumed it would garner 10 followers. Then it would land on obscure marketing websites, listed
Underground Entertainment
For nearly two months now, 33 Chilean miners have been living a half-mile underground, waiting for rescue. Experts say these miners will see the sun
Movie Monday: Money Never Sleeps
Money really doesn’t sleep. Sometimes at 2 a.m., I think I hear the sound of laughter and music from my billfold, as my tiny collection
There’s a Worm in my Tweet!
Twitter was infected this week by a virus that flooded user’s accounts with odd messages and prompted un-clicked pop-ups—some of which contained malicious code that
Circumstantial Evidence
I don’t think jury duty would’ve ever made my bucket list. But if it did, for some reason, I can cross it off now. I
Just Like Lindsay
On the way home from work last night, I found myself thinking about the latest self-inflicted travails of actress Lindsay Lohan. Now, even if you
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