1 day ago by Ali

Driving to my parents' house through central Pennsylvania, we passed a billboard that read, "Without Coal, Most Cities Would Be Dark." In an alternate universe, I turned to Jeff and asked him to pull over. I popped the trunk, rummaged for my anti-propaganda protest gear, and scurried up the sign's s ...

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8 days ago by webnerbob

Those of us who are old enough to have grown up with a black and white television sets often struggle to keep up with the latest cultural and social developments in the modern world. Particularly when the kids move out, and we aren’t given daily exposure to the latest fad or entertainment device, we ...

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8 days ago by Mark

One of the best things about cell phones is that I can now talk to myself in public. Not that many years ago it was considered odd to have a conversation with oneself. Now people are talking aloud seemingly no one just about everywhere. True, they usually have some kind of Bluetooth earpiece attache ...

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9 days ago by admin

A few places on Earth really terrify me. Most of them are in Orange County. Malls, miniature golf, etc. Communities become a dizzying pattern of tract homes and smooth asphalt; large roads lined with vibrant nonindigenous grass leading to one of twelve local Starbucks and a maybe a Neiman Marcus dep ...

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12 days ago by The Devoted Intellectual

The term “Yuppie” was first coined in the early 1980s, and stands for “young urban professional” or “young upwardly mobile professional.” At first, “Yuppie” was employed as a media catchphrase to describe the phenomenon of twenty and thirty-something, financially secure, upper-middle class people wh ...

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14 days ago by pcNielsen

Why does it seem like all of the more artistically brilliant TV shows are getting cut? Most of the TV I watch ends up being what my wife watches. She has a knack — at least in comparison to me — for finding good new shows. One of the more recent ones we started to watch was Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse. ...

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14 days ago by Ali

I suppose everyone has been talking recently about the shooting at Fort Hood. It's been difficult for me to wrap my head around. I remember a time, eight years ago when the towers fell, everyone seemed full of rage and fear and thoughts of revenge, and all I could muster was a devastating sadness, a ...

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15 days ago by Rocio

Have you ever heard of Rodrigo and Gabriela? I wish Spain could claim these hot new guitar stars, but Rodrigo and Gabriela are truly internationalists. They were born in Mexico City and later moved to Ireland to play on the streets of Dublin. During the winter months, they will be on tour in the fol ...

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17 days ago by Edward Jones

Consuming processed foods for breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days a week, has unfortunately become the ritual for many Americans over the past couple of decades. While getting a hassle free meal without even having to leave your house or car in a manner of minutes seems to signify the height of m ...

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20 days ago by Beth

What do you think about teaching about sexuality, homo or hetero, in school? Here's one guy's opinion (Actually a fairly knowledgeable guy who has his own blog " Primate Diaries" on Science Blogs): By now everyone has heard of the high school English honors teacher, Dan DeLong, who was suspended for ...

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