Is there a double standard when it comes to hate speech? As a society, we tend to view rooting against someone just because of their religion as an example of prejudice. So what makes rooting against Tim Tebow because he’s…
(Note: This interview was conducted before Hard Times‘ cancellation.) I can only hope that Randy Elrod‘s posts on edgy artists helped prepare you for today’s interview with Kevin Chesley, screen and television writer extraordinaire. Kevin’s current assignment is writing for MTV’s…
Young Americans are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled Than Ever Before–and More Miserable by Joanna Chau Millennials, the generation of young Americans born after 1982, may not be the caring, socially conscious environmentalists some have portrayed them to be, according to a study…
The TV and Film industry’s sexualization of teenage girls pales in comparison to the combination of sex and violence in the music industry Adam Caress is a thoughtful inside commentator on music, faith and culture for Mule Variations: Music Culture…
A significant new study led by Dartmouth Medical School professor James Sargent discovered a significant relationship between movie moving and teen alcohol abuse. Published in BMJ Open, the prestigious open research journal of the British Medical Association, the two-year cohort study surveyed 6522…
“WICKEDLY WITTY…it is, if I may say so, ONE HELL OF A GOOD SHOW! Lewis’ topsy-turvy exercises in inverted moral theology were made to be played with lip-smacking relish!” -Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal
Lin’s Appeal: Faith, Pride and Points By MICHAEL LUO Last weekend, I was driving home when my BlackBerry buzzed with a text message from a Korean-American friend from my church: “You watching J Lin tearing it up?” I texted back, “Really??”…
People are always asking me what I am reading. Here is a list of books that I have read this year that I have loved. (In no particular order)- 10. Choosing To Love The World– Thomas Merton A beautiful and academic…
The 6 percent of Americans who actively participate in the Twitter community exert a much greater cultural influence than those who don’t… at least in Hollywood.
As we prepare for the 2012 relaunch of the Two Handed Warriors community under our new domain name we’re sending up trial balloons to gather feedback on various features. One issue is how to help members of the community get…
One highlight of our recent trip to New England was the Blue Ocean Summit in Cambridge, MA., where I was pressed into service on a couple of plenary panel discussions. Stanford anthropologist, Tanya Luhrmann, PhD, started the week off with…
by Peter Borderick Three new studies assessing the impacts of AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, THE END OF THE LINE, and WAITING FOR “SUPERMAN” finally prove Sam Goldwyn wrong. The Hollywood mogul famously declared, “If you want to send a message, use Western Union.” These reports highlight…