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CULTURE SHLOCK: Out Of The Mouths Of Babes

 I’ve long been interested in the topic of how children resolve disputes, a fascination that dates back at least to an incident in third grade when Randy McMillan and I had a disagreement over which of us should get to …

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CULTURE SHLOCK: Out of the mouths of babes

I've long been interested in the topic of how children resolve disputes, a fascination that dates back at least to an incident in third grade when Randy McMillan

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CULTURE SHLOCK: From Kim Kardashian to Union Busters — the 2012 Year in Preview

In the future, when scholars sit down to write the history of 2011, they probably won't bother. "Siri, write the history of 2011," they'll casually say aloud, and

CULTURE SHLOCK: A New Low For Youth Fashion

The other day I was at my favorite coffee shop, working hard on my column by watching a YouTube video of a kitten desperately attacking an apple (note:

CULTURE SHLOCK: Something wacky this way comes

Like most news consumers, I love the wacky, offbeat stories that newspaper editors tend to run when they've got a few column inches to fill. You know the

CULTURE SHLOCK: Do You Believe In Magic?

Parents throwing birthday parties for young children have always enjoyed a range of entertainment options. Clowns are, of course, a traditional favorite, and guaranteed to give children of

CULTURE SHLOCK: The Time It Is A-Changin

Not to alarm anyone, but the end is coming.A little over a week away, in fact. No, don't worry, it's not the Rapture.Thankfully, prominent radio host and preacher

CULTURE SHLOCK: Beauty and the Beefs

Like many of history's great visionaries, I have a dream for the future, a dream in which the nations of the earth put aside centuries of tension, strife

CULTURE SCHLOCK: Will you accept cookies?

Like many Americans these days, I've been worrying about our nation's finances. As of this writing, the national debt stands at a whopping $14.2 trillion. To put that