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What happens when Christian teens watch R-rated movies? That’s a question that Phil Davignon, a doctoral candidate in sociology at Baylor University, sought to answer

A word to the wise: Never, ever, ever bet against Katniss Everdeen in anything. Not in the Hunger Games, not in an archery competition, not

Perhaps we should call today’s prime-time television “the witching hours.” Perhaps you haven’t seen the witches. Perhaps your television diet consists (like mine does) of

I wouldn’t redo my junior high years again for all the money in the world. It was a hard, emotionally bruising season, one that inflicted

Bob Dylan, the 72-year-old music icon, hasn’t ever been especially fond of the new wave of technology and its impact on the kids of today.

I’m afraid I’ve become nearly totally blind to advertising. And that may be a bad thing. It’s not bad in the sense that it so

An ensemble comedy had an impressive opening at North American theaters this weekend. But when all the receipts had been counted and estimated, Thor still

I’m going to admit it right up front. This blog I’m about to write is going to be a hard one for me. Just a

I figured I’d be writing about Miley Cyrus today. It’s been days since we’ve written anything about this in-the-moment shock diva, and we certainly don’t

If it feels like gun violence in PG-13 movies has gotten more frequent lately, well, that’s because it has. Between 1985 and 2012, scenes featuring