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The FIFA World Cup, along with the Olympic Games, is one of the few truly global entertainment events, with the largest worldwide viewing audience for a sporting event and over 200 countries from every populated continent competing to qualify every … Continue reading →

Note: This is partly in response to Hanna Woodburn’s blog “Why I might no longer be a vegetarian” As I write this, at 9:30pm on a Monday night, I am happily consuming a Philly Cheese Steak, complete with what seems … Continue reading →

There is an image attached to this blog post. It’s a screenshot from “Mouse Trouble,” an award-winning 1944 episode of the classic American cartoon Tom and Jerry, in which the famous frenemies at one point find themselves reading Tom’s new instruction manual, … Continue reading →

The latest Rasmussen report finds that only five percent of “Likely U.S. Voters” rate the job Congress is doing as good or excellent. When Mike Huckabee went on Fox and Friends last month he noted that this number puts Congress, … Continue reading →

Nowadays it is almost common to see young children, even infants, with some sort of gadget in their hands. Additionally, they are exposed to media that is not physically in their hands: television, music, billboards … etc. With the ubiquity … Continue reading →

I started listening to Radiolab per the recommendation of John Biewen, American RadioWorks producer and Director of Duke’s Center for Documentary Studies. Biewen edited a book recently called “Reality Radio,” about the new age of radio that we are diving … Continue reading →