February 3, 2012 9:06 AM
Over Christmas break, I became obsessed with the idea that I wanted another baby even though my soul knew this to be untrue. I did not want another baby, but I'd read a blog that made me think I did....
January 3, 2012 8:57 AM
Okay, I get it: Facebook is not for everybody. I hear complaints all the time about privacy settings. I also frequently hear the groans from people who have never tried Facebook or get pushback from church leaders, older folks, and...
February 25, 2011 10:25 AM
The Social Network is a Golden Globe winner for Best Drama and one of the most acclaimed films of 2010. The story of how Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook is a frontrunner for the Best Picture Oscar this Sunday night, and...
February 14, 2011 11:35 AM
It’s Valentine’s Day: the day of flowers, candy, and candlelit dinners, that is, for those fortunate enough to be part of a happy couple. For others, Valentine’s Day can bring on a few twinges — of loneliness, pain, envy, resentment,...
November 17, 2010 10:50 AM
I’ve always been a little suspicious of Facebook’s Farmville app, but I never thought it would become an accessory to murder. The online game, which allows players to plow, plant, and grow virtual crops, seems to turn otherwise sane people...
October 12, 2010 10:20 AM
In 1998 while working as a reporter in Oregon, I wrote about the rising trend toward younger, more violent criminal offenders. "We've been warned that we are going to be dealing with a whole generation of kids without a conscience,"...
August 30, 2010 9:40 AM
Toward the end of spring semester, I set a box labeled “I Always Wanted to Ask” on the table at the front of my class. I invited students to write down lingering questions about sex and gender, the subject of...
March 31, 2010 9:16 AM
When news broke that a Pennsylvania school district was using laptop computers to spy on students in their own homes, I did what seemed the only logical thing to do: I panicked. In a world where airports can view detailed...
January 12, 2010 1:33 PM
If you logged on to Facebook last weekend, you might have noticed a barrage of updates naming colors: Blue. Black. Leopard print. None. (Cue sound effects: “Eww, gross!”) The barrage of colors was part of an effort to “spread the...
October 22, 2009 10:12 AM
Updating their status. Posting pictures. Checking out the news feeds of their friends. It’s all in a day’s work for today’s college students. One-third of Christian college students spend 1-2 hours a day on Facebook, according to a new study...