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About 10 years ago, I began writing a novel for tweens. It opened up with my two main characters biking down Haleakala on Maui. During

It’s easy to blame Facebook. If you’re a parent in this crazy new age when kids seem hopelessly locked into a round-the-clock stare session with

Every now and then I come across something online that hits me pretty much right where I live. That happened last week when I read

I heard a funny/insulting/poignant description of professional football once: That it’s 22 men on the field who desperately need rest surrounded by 22,000 fans (or

Ubiquity, thy name is Kevin Hart. It’s nearly impossible to escape the comedian/actor’s influence these days. He was in three movies in 2013, including his

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Last year, superheroes rescued more than a billion dollars from rapt moviegoers. Arrow-shooting heroines and sword-toting Hobbits both came up with Part 2’s. Americans hustled,