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Dealing With Death in the Digital Age
When I was growing up back in the 1980s, the whispering buzz among my peers would amp up when something particularly transgressive began to infiltrate

Hotel Transylvania 2 Flaps to September Record
Leave it to an undead hotel manager to inject a little life into the September box office. Dracula and all his comi-creepy cohorts from Hotel

This Christianity Thing Could Catch On’
“So it’s not just Kirk Cameron and Stephen Baldwin and the kid from Two and a Half Men.” With A-list stars backing Jesus, who knows?

The Grandparent Factor
When my wife and I were shopping for a new home before the birth of our third child, one factor influenced our choice of neighborhoods
Let’s Grow a Few Heroes
Remember when we used to have heroes? You know, those people you could look up to, admire, maybe even want to be a little like?

Scorch Trials Chars Black Mass
A balding, gun-wielding Johnny Depp and the low drone of Oscar buzz wasn’t enough to get scads of people to attend Black Mass this weekend.

In Pain? Play a Game
Can video games help children cope with pain? Many scientists say so. And they say the therapeutic effect may work on two levels. First, video
Captive: When Being Taken Hostage Changes Your Life Spiritually
In 2005, Brian Nichols escaped from an Atlanta courthouse, broke into Ashley Smith’s apartment and took the woman hostage. He had nothing left to lose.

P!nk Unleashed
P!nk got in touch with her inner Tipper Gore—the woman most responsible for getting parental advisory stickers slapped on music albums—after this year’s MTV Video

The Perfect Guy in a Predictable Spot
The weekend’s box office showdown pitted a predictable thriller against the newest effort from M. Night Shyamalan, the one-time cinematic prince of unpredictability. And who
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