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Marilyn at 86

The other day I spotted a young girl, maybe 10 or 11, walking through the supermarket with her mom. Nothing out of the ordinary there,

Our Continually Coarsening Culture

Working at Plugged In, I have a front-row seat when it comes to observing trends in our culture. And one of the ones we’ve talked

The Need for Speed? – #2

I like motorcycles. Fast ones. Always have. I owned a few in my younger days. And even now, if I had the dough, I’d be

Living in Gotham

Out of respect for the people killed or injured during the theater shooting in Aurora, Colo., July 20, Warner Bros. (the company behind The Dark

A Dark Night

Early this morning, a shooter—allegedly 24-year-old James Holmes, according to police—opened fire in an Aurora, Colo., movie theater midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises.

Out of India

I just got back from India. Along with a handful of other folks, I was a guest of Friends Church of Yorba Linda, Calif., on

Seventeen’s Pledge: Do You Buy It?

Julia Bluhm is one of my heroes. Recently, the 14-year-old took on Seventeen magazine, armed only with an online petition and a passion for seeing

Plugged In Parent’s Guide to Today’s Technology

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