Phone-based childhood displaced play-based childhood and its unsupervised conversing, touching and negotiating the small-scale frictions and setbacks that prepare children for adulthood. Fearful parents, convinced the real world is comprehensively menacing (and worried about overbroad “child endangerment” laws), will not allow their children to walk alone to a nearby store. But they allow their children unrestricted wallowing in the internet, especially social media.
Jackie Chan, the action movie superstar best known as one of the few actors willing to jump between the rungs of a ladder for a stunt, is doing alright. Celebrating his 70th birthday yesterday, Chan went on Instagram to tell fans that he’s fine, despite a recent photograph showing him looking his age. “Don’t worry,” he doesn’t actually look like a 70-year-old; those gray hairs and whiskers last seen in a curious viral photograph are for a role. About three weeks ago, a photograph of Jackie...
While Goodbye Earth trailer spotlights Ahn Eun Jin and features other main actors, there's narry a peep from male lead Yoo Ah In. Come on Netflix, stop being cowards or don't release the drama in the first place.
Donald Trump has some thoughts about whom Jews should be voting for, and they will not surprise you. But the ongoing debate about whether the Jewish vote is up for
At the beginning of this century, Earl Babbie, then Professor of Sociology at Chapman University and an expert on opinion research, wrote a “Foreword” to a textbook (California’s Social Problems) that Chuck Hohm and I published with Sage Publications in Berkeley. He wrote, “Bigger than life, California is often seen as a leading indicator for the nation, whether concerning surfers or unmarried mothers.”This year, we scored another “first.” California Assemblyman Anthony Rendon (D, Los Angeles)...
WEST HAVEN, Utah, April 10, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — Fire crews were able to make short work of a Wednesday afternoon blaze, keeping a garage fire from becoming a house fire. “At 4:16 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10, the Weber Fire District and Weber County Sheriff’s Office responded to a garage fire in Haven Estates, […] The post Fire doesn’t make it out of West Haven garage first appeared on Gephardt Daily.
In his new Netlfix special ‘Crazy Good,’ Brennan asks why we want comedians to be more than just funny
A former Big Brother Naija star, Eloka Nwamu, popularly known as Eloswag, has said that many people think Big Brother Naija stars are not talented. Speaking in an interview with Sunday Scoop, Eloswag said, “People think BBN does not produce talents, so most of us just lay back. There is a stereotype. Some people would Read More
Fortunate hops, key hits from a struggling batter, and a close-out performance from a closer fueled UC Davis’ 9-5 baseball victory over Hawaii at Dobbins Stadium in Davis, Calif.
Prank presidential candidate and big viral load Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is putting his silver foot in his mouth again. Perhaps jealous of the media attention measles has been getting lately, RFK the Lesser has decided to take a temporary break from making pestilence prominent again and have a go at undermining democracy. Only now he’s backpedaling faster than Donald Trump from an age-appropriate date with a tray of crudités. So which outrage would y’all like to hear about first? Because they’re...
I’ve been single for seven and a half years now and can attest to the ups and downs that come with my relationship status. At the end of 2023, as the new year approached, I reflected on the past 12 months and when the focus turned to my love life, I felt a wave of sadness. This wasn’t the first time I’d experienced these feelings but instead of allowing them to consume me, I decided to engage in some self-reflection. As the child of an absent and emotionally unavailable father, I had...
The ‘Real Time’ host had some harsh words for the Great White North