The wonderful (“wonderful”) thing about television is that just as soon as you think it has finally reached its nadir – Celebrity Big Brother, Duck Dynasty, Outrageous Celebrity Lookalike Behaviour Caught On Tape 2 – it somehow manages to plumb even further depths.
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The ‘Major City’ That Isn’t: Can a New Mayor Start to Turn Miami Around?
Miamians hate it when media criticism of their city is couched in stale clichs like “Trouble in Paradise” or “Paradise Lost.” I agree: it’s time to nix the whole “paradise” chestnut, because Miami isn’t and never really was paradise.
Animal Rights: Can Meat Eaters Be Cruelty-Free?
I just learned the word carnist. It means me.
Religion: Singing Hymns and Hers
Is nothing sacred? After church leaders set about updating the United Methodist Hymnal in 1984, their most controversial acts were to excise one of the most popular hymns in the Protestant repertoire, Onward Christian Soldiers, and to strip verses from The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
Facebook, Pandora Lead Rise of Recommendation Engines
Here’s an experiment: try thinking of a song not as a song but as a collection of distinct musical attributes.