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My, What Gory Tales They Read
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. The Catcher in the Rye. Bridge to Terabithia. Such were the scandalous teen fiction titles in the late
Movie Monday: Green Lantern
Green Lantern’s mighty ring of power can do many wondrous things. But it couldn’t generate much excitement at the ol’ movieplex this weekend. Oh sure,
A Father’s Close Encounter
You’ve gotta love it when one of the most powerful men in Hollywood is humble enough to second-guess a decades-old creative decision and, in doing
The Difference a Teen Mom Makes
Recently, a new report called “The Millennials, Religion, and Abortion Survey” was released by the Public Religion Research Institute. It’s being characterized as one of
The Finals and Me, Me, Me
Generally speaking, Plugged In doesn’t wade into the happenings of the sports world. Occasionally, though, something happens in that realm that’s worthy of our scrutiny.
Family Media Surprise
For generations, parents have told their kids, “Shut off the TV and go outside!” And in the last decade or so, we can add iPods,
Movie Monday: Super Bummer Weekend
It was a middling weekend at the box office—both in terms of the offerings moviegoers might hope to find there and the returns those films
A Zettabyte Is Big. Really Big.
A colleague and I sometimes laugh about weird headlines. My favorites from the past week or so include “Fearsome Lawn Ornament Shot Dead by Cops,”
Marveling at a One-Rating World
“Is the PG-13 rating helping or hurting families?” That’s the question I posed in an article published in Plugged In magazine in the summer of
World of Divorcecraft
Can video games instigate a divorce? According to a study by the website Divorce Online, the answer—in a small but growing number of marriages—is apparently
About Us
Good media discernment is about guarding our eyes and hearts before we watch or listen. And it’s also about grappling with the entertainment we do see or hear. That’s why the Plugged In Blog is devoted to guarding, discussing and grappling. About Plugged In >>