Category: Culture

I bite my tongue a lot whenever I’m let loose in public. The other day at a large, upscale mall in Denver, I almost bit

An 89-year-old retired civil engineer from Oakland, Calif., believes today will be Christians’ last Friday on Earth. That prediction has been circulating widely in the

For those of you still wondering what wooden stake or silver cross might finally send all the vampires scurrying from our entertainment landscape, it appears

Tap, tap, tap. Hey, is this soapbox on? Because a good mini-diatribe needs amplification. A new Arizona State University study has found that (and I

On April 28, Superman announced his intention of giving up his U.S. citizenship.  “I’m tired of having my actions construed as instruments of U.S. policy,”

Let’s face it, here in the U.S. we’ve got some folks who want to regulate nearly everything about our lives—from how many minutes of sunshine

OK, I’ll admit it. Back when such things were more unusual, I flinched imperceptibly—I hope—whenever I noticed hooks in someone’s eyebrow or massive gauges in

Was Yosemite Sam based on a real, historical person? And was Elmer Fudd a caricature of an actual hunter? To my knowledge, no (and bunnies

Occasionally here at Plugged In, we’ll take some heat for being too hard on entertainers and pop culture. And I think I understand why: It’s