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Emojis Leave Me Feeling (Insert Confused Face Here)
In an effort to give users a little more flexibility with how they respond to their friends’ missives, Facebook is testing a small set of
Selfies Jump the Shark
What’s more dangerous: sharks or taking pictures of yourself? Now, you might think that those seemingly ferocious feeding machines Discovery Channel spends a week chronicling
Learning about Learning from a Girl Who Was Told She Shouldn’t
I hate to admit this, but I was not a great student in high school. Not that I didn’t get good grades, but while my
The Martian Slingshots to Big Win
Ridley Scott’s newest space story may have taken place on the Red Planet. But the weekend looked mighty green. Scott’s The Martian created an economic
Television’s New Crop of Shows Doesn’t Look Too Great So Far
Autumn is when everything outside just seems to … well, die. Crops are harvested. Leaves fall from the trees. Grass turns a bit brown. Cold
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?
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