McJobs (originally coined, I believe, by Douglas Coupland in Generation X).
About speech patterns of Smoky Mountain English…
“My friend asked how long these stories will keep being rewritten. I responded, as long as newspapers keep paying fifty cents a word.”
The evolution of male body posture, as seen in photos.
“But of course, the primary task of a writer is to write well. (And to go on writing well. Neither to burn out nor to sell out.)”
Of course “young people” find NPR boring and staid: we’ve heard that blowhard Garrison Keillor. Sure, you’ll have folks approximately my age on college campuses who “love” NPR, but do they really listen to Car Talk? (Hint: No.)
The Taming of the Shrew is a cruel play. This theatre troupe gives it the staging it deserves.
“We now take it for granted that fictional characters like Shrek and Arthur and Smokey Bear help teach our children right from wrong. But how did we come to outsource our kids’ educations to creatures with googly eyes?”