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Yosemite Slam

Plugged In recently published a story of mine called “Around the World in 80 Clicks,” which examined the amazing (and kinda scary) ability we have

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

Plugged In Parent’s Guide to Today’s Technology

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