The new Birth of a Nation movie is rated R, and rightfully so. But its subject matter has us wrestling again with a tricky concept:
There was a time, back when I was a youth preparing to face the world, when learned sociologists worried about the American masses and our
People often say that, maybe besides someone who samples restaurant food for a living, I have the best job on the planet. When analyzing my
Judah Ben-Hur just gets better and better with age. And, depending on who you ask, the same is true of his movies. The latest retelling
Bad things happen. Even at the Olympics. Looking at this year’s games in Rio, you can point to any number of mistakes, accidents and bone-headed
I was reading a Los Angeles Times interview with comedian Amy Schumer. She talked about a Twitter to-do from some weeks back, when fellow comedian
When terrible wildfires rage out of control like we’ve seen lately in New Mexico, California and my home state of Colorado, the first thing I
Ah, vacations. A time to unplug, unwind and get away from our frazzled, workaday, always online world. Only apparently, we don’t. According to a survey
A few weeks ago, Michael Foust of the Christian Examiner/Post asked me what I thought about the news that Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
A couple of months ago, my son and I went to a TobyMac concert in Denver, and I was able to get us a couple
Good media discernment is about guarding our eyes and hearts before we watch or listen. And it’s also about grappling with the entertainment we do see or hear. That’s why the Plugged In Blog is devoted to guarding, discussing and grappling. About Plugged In >>
