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Culture Clips: A Tragedy in Jacksonville
Most of us turn to entertainment to get a little respite from the anxieties of the world outside. When we watch a movie, we’re not
August 30, 2018
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Most of us turn to entertainment to get a little respite from the anxieties of the world outside. When we watch a movie, we’re not
In my 2011 book, Plugged-In Parenting, I included a chapter titled, “Ten Things You Can Do to End Fights Over Family Entertainment.” One of those
No Sesame. All Street. If you grew up watching Sesame Street, you may be a bit shocked with the new “puppetry” movie, The Happytime Murders.
Netflix, you clever dog, you. “Commercials are terrible!”you told us, and then you filled your streaming service with roughly three quintillion original shows (OK, 323,
For pretty much my entire adult life, it’s been common knowledge that Michael Jackson’s seminal 1982 album Thriller was the best-selling record (remember those?) of
I’m a sucker for traditions. Growing up, we didn’t have many of them, and now that I have my own family, we love creating our
It’s back-to-school time. That means school supplies. Pencils? Check. Erasers? Yup. Trapper Keepers? (Oh wait, it’s not the ’80s anymore. Oh wait again, they have
I really like Chris Pratt. He seems like a fun, funny, down-to-earth guy who, despite being one of this moment’s great action heroes, doesn’t take
We all probably have a favorite photo of ourselves—the one we use on our Facebook pages and Christmas cards, the one where the light was
When I was in elementary school, I was frightened terribly by a boy named Winfred. Winfred was a huge (I thought) fifth-grade bully. Somehow I
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