Keep Print Alive: A Proposal For Book Publishers

The news today is disconcerting for those of us who still love the feel of an actual book in our hands (or the look of them on our shelves): this year, ebook sales have surpassed hardcover book sales for the first time. I got a Kindle Touch for Father’s Day, and...

Video Games: Opiate of the Mass Effect?

No matter how you slice it, gaming is huge business. Over $10 billion annually in sales, and the vast majority of American households play video games. (For a bunch of interesting stats, check out this handy infographic from the ESRB.) An ever-increasing number of us...

The Perception of Children in a CG World

Children have always been given to flights of imagination. They love a good story, a well-spun fairy tale, a dash off into the woods to fight with unseen, ethereal foes. But now, perhaps more than ever, Children are unable to grow up with a solid grasp of reality....

Keith Olbermann and Hilaire Belloc

It seems that Keith Olbermann takes issue with Ted Koppel, who recently eulogized “real journalism” at the hands of the opinionated hosts on cable news: Much of the American public used to gather before the electronic hearth every evening, separate but...

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