Category: Culture

Getting Better All The Time

Here’s a little test: Think about some stupid moral choice you’ve made and would rather forget. (Don’t worry: You won’t be required to tell us

Underground Entertainment

For nearly two months now, 33 Chilean miners have been living a half-mile underground, waiting for rescue. Experts say these miners will see the sun

Just Like Lindsay

On the way home from work last night, I found myself thinking about the latest self-inflicted travails of actress Lindsay Lohan. Now, even if you

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

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