By Brock Mayer I was driving home from a shift out in beautiful but remote Southeastern Oklahoma, when I decided to turn on the radio. I pushed the “seek” button a few times until a set of lyrics arrested my attention. (Note: Before I continue further, I don’t recommend anyone to look up this song […]
Candy Crush, Farmville, Plants vs Zombies, Clash of Clans and Farm Heroes Saga. I think we probably all played at least one video game in our lives, and more likely a free game. I was addicted to the free Facebook game Farmville, playing it during classes at college. What is it that makes us love […]
“Did you read the article in the Metro (Dutch free newspaper) this morning?”, my mother texted me last Friday. “It’s about the Muppets, apparently mothers are upset about it because it’s too sexual and children watch it.” It wasn’t just coinsidence that, as I was on the train on my way home that evening, the […]
A new report says that many Americans keep their TVs on as background noise at all?times ? and that such secondhand media could be harmful to young kids’ learning and?development. TUESDAY, Oct. 18 ? You?d never bring your 2-year-old to an R-rated movie, let her?flip through a racy magazine, or plop her on the couch […]
