Category: Culture

Guilty Is Good?

The MTV Video Awards aired recently. I didn’t watch them, but author and youth culture expert Walt Mueller did, and in his summarizing thoughts on

Making Tables

We can’t all be at our best all the time. I wish we could. But sometimes, we drag a little, let our focus sag a

KFC, We Hardly Know Ye

Who knew thoughts of fried chicken could actually make someone sad? But it did this week when I read a USA Today article that claimed

The Trouble With Statistics

I have a confession to make, and it’s a bit of an odd one: I love statistics. It’s odd since I’m a word guy with

It’s a Girl Thing

It seems everywhere you look nowadays there’s a new story about girls going wild. And I’m not talking about spring-break videos. I’m referring to young

A Curse by Any Other Name …

Plugged In recorded its weekly podcast yesterday (you can download it here), and I had the honor of sitting in on a fascinating conversation centered

Fame Monsters All

I remember seeing an ABC report with John Stossel a while back that looked at America’s growing obsession with fame. They were interviewing people in

Sliding the Chute to Incivility

Steven Slater. Hundreds of thousands of people seem to approve of this former flight attendant for losing his temper and cursing out passengers on a

It’s All About Celebrity, Dahling!

She’s famous for being famous—a minor actress who paved her way to celebrity through reality television, gossip rags and a touch o’ scandal. She’s been

Swearing Off the FCC’s Ruling

Here’s a fact: If you don’t watch TV for about a year, it’s amazing how weird turning it back on feels. Your once desensitized self

Plugged In Parent’s Guide to Today’s Technology

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