I recently stumbled across this video from a movie made 30 years ago called Network that is chillingly relevant today. In the movie, news anchor Howard Beale delivered a speech railing against the media machine he was a part of…
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For today’s edition of “Oops, did I just say that?” we look to the People’s Choice Awards last month. The country singer Keith Urban won in the category of Male Artist of the Year. In his acceptance speech, he thanked people for listening to his music, adding…
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By now you’ve most likely heard about Pat Robertson’s remarks about Haiti being cursed by God. It only takes a relatively small number of people on the fringe to undermine the image and standing of the majority…
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard the hype about this new movie called Avatar. In the months leading up to the release of this multi-million dollar blockbuster we’ve been seeing trailers and images of these tall, blue people…
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My 8-year-old daughter brought home a project she did at school. They’re studying neighborhoods and had to draw their definition of rural, urban, and suburban. Her idea of what it meant…
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Yesterday I posted a Tweet that was supposed to say “What do canned meat, penis enlargement and singing Vikings have in common?” (in reference to this post). Instead I said…
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Every morning our email inboxes are laden with it (depending on how good of a spam filter you have) and now even our Facebook and Twitter accounts are plagued with these unwanted messages about teeth whitening and increasing the size of your…well, you know.
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College tuition has gone up more than any other good or service since 1990, and our nation’s students and graduates hold a staggering $714 billion in outstanding student-loan debt. Our education system…
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Apple hosted their annual keynote address on Wednesday introducing new features for the iPod. In spite of those announcements and the return of Apple CEO Steve Jobs, Apple’s stock fell $1.79 by the end of the day on Wednesday. The reason…
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When facing the possibility of the dreaded “sex before marriage,” some pastors and churches are trying to cut their losses and nudge young adults toward the altar…
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