Pop Culture - articles
Reading between the lines: Media Bias
A segment on the July 12 edition of ABC’s Good Morning America revealed what most Americans already knew—the media elite just don’t get it.
Coming out of a news report on the creative ways some Americans avoid jury duty, GMA co-host Diane Sawyer told of a time she had been called to fulfill that civic responsibility. more »
By Richard Land - Aug 7, 2007
Topic: Family, Pop Culture
Some common sense in the “mommy wars”
The divide between working and stay-at home mothers has always been overhyped. The term “mommy wars” doesn’t really describe the way mothers relate to one another. more »
By Penna Dexter - Aug 7, 2007 - (3)
Topic: Family, Living, Finances, Marriage, Wives, Parenting, Mothers, Pop Culture
Why the Second Circuit Ruling Against the FCC Is Wrong, Part 2
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals predicted in its 2-1 ruling earlier this month against the Federal Communications Commission that the agency’s restrictions against “fleeting,” isolated expletives would probably not hold up under First Amendment scrutiny on appeal. more »
By Steven Griffin - Jul 2, 2007
Topic: Family, Children, Parenting, Pop Culture
Why the Second Circuit Ruling Against the FCC Is Wrong, Part 1
If the Federal Communications Commission appeals the recent Second Circuit Court of Appeals’ 2-1 ruling that it cannot sanction networks for airing “fleeting expletives,” it will likely point to arguments made by the dissenting judge, Pierre N. more »
By Steven Griffin - Jun 21, 2007
Topic: Family, Children, Parenting, Pop Culture, Citizenship
An Indecent Ruling
As a father and a concerned citizen, the June 4 ruling by a U.S. Court of Appeals concerning the Federal Communications Commission’s right to penalize television networks for airing indecent language is as nearly offensive as the words the FCC was targeting. more »
By Dwayne Hastings - Jun 5, 2007 - (1)
Topic: Family, Pop Culture, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, National
Book Review: The Naked Truth by Lakita Garth
In her book The Naked Truth, author Lakita Garth, an internationally known abstinence advocate, presents a very convincing defense of an abstinent lifestyle before marriage. more »
By Sulyn Wilkins - Apr 3, 2007 - (4)
Topic: Family, Children, Education, Living, Health, Parenting, Pop Culture, Sexual Purity, Abstinence, Modesty
My kids are betting on their own sports!
ESPN estimates that 118 million Americans, some as young as 14, are caught up in a riptide of sports gambling that is rapidly jeopardizing the integrity of the sports we enjoy, as well as the futures of those who are drawn into its mesmerizing current. more »
By Laura Headley - Mar 21, 2007
Topic: Family, Addictions, Gambling, Children, Parenting, Pop Culture
Self 101
More of today’s college students are enrolled in “Self 101” than ever before. The subject of self is so popular among this generation, Generation Y, that it has been named the most narcissistic generation to yet exist, according to a recent study from San Diego State University. more »
By Brandon Bryant - Mar 6, 2007 - (1)
Topic: Family, Pop Culture
Fashionable and Modest? Absolutely!
Today’s teen girls look to many places to pattern their sense of self, but none more consistently than magazines such as Teen People, YM, Teen, Seventeen, Jump, and CosmoGirl. more »
By Dannah Gresh - Feb 27, 2007 - (2)
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Family, Parenting, Pop Culture, Sexual Purity, Modesty
Anna Nicole Smith: APA poster girl
Oh, irony of ironies.
The secular news media paused for a moment during its coverage of the sad circus surrounding the death of Anna Nicole Smith to report that the American Psychological Association has “found evidence that the proliferation of sexualized images of girls and young women in advertising, merchandising, and media is harmful to girls’ self-image and healthy development.” more »
By Karen Cole - Feb 27, 2007
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Family, Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Addictions, Substance Abuse, Children, Parenting, Pop Culture, Sexual Purity, Modesty, Pornography