What People Are Getting Wrong This Week: What Is a Firehose of Lies?
If this were a normal election season, I would look at the most controversial claims from each side, examine where they come from, and separate […]
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If this were a normal election season, I would look at the most controversial claims from each side, examine where they come from, and separate […]
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See how I open my weekly column explaining youth trends to older people? Very attentive. Very modest. I tell people who Reagan, the Olympic Destroyer, […]
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The triumph, heartbreak and baguettes of the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad culminated in spectacular Olympic fashion this weekend as the literal torch was passed […]
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The Paris Olympics are nearing the finish line, and like a great marathon runner, the games end strongly . I don’t know if today was […]
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We have reached the home stretch of the Olympic Games. The closing ceremony is this Sunday and I will be sad, but I am also […]
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If you’ve been following sports on social media over the last week or so, I’m sure you’ve seen photos and videos of Canadian athlete Tyler […]
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The Paris Olympics are in the middle part, during which athletics reigned supreme. There is no purer, simpler expression of sport than this: we see […]
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This week we look at how young people view two long-standing American traditions that occur every four years: the presidential election and the Summer Olympics. […]
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I would watch the Olympics all day, every day, all year if I could, but the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris can’t go on forever. […]
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The 2024 Paris Olympics concluded its first week with the women’s gymnastics all-around competition, an event that is always one of the most popular events […]
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Big news on day five of the Olympics: The Seine has been declared safe for swimming. In the world of table tennis, athletes from North […]
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Day four of the Paris Olympics included a bronze medal for the U.S. women’s rugby sevens team, a silver medal for the internet’s new darling, […]
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Does U.S. Senator and Vice Presidential Candidate J.D. Vance consider the image at the top of this article to be pornographic? It depends on whether […]
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Hello, dear Olympians! The Paris Games are in full swing, with thousands of athletes from around the world competing in 32 sports (29 of which […]
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Young people don’t usually vote in large numbers, and I understand that: voting is boring and only inspires politicians anyway. But Kamala Harris’ entry into […]
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Fame works differently than it used to. Very few people are household names, but there are plenty of YouTube creators, Instagram influencers and TikTokers who […]
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On May 28, 2002, Paramount Pictures announced that it had optioned Avril Lavigne’s song “Sk8er Boi” for a feature film. This news story, along with […]
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A few weeks ago, British teenager Jay Slater went missing in Spain’s Costa del Sol region, sparking international interest in the case and a flood […]
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Welcome to the first annual Memey Awards, where the memes of the summer compete for the coveted title of “Meme of the Summer.” I went […]
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I’ll be first in line to see Fly to the Moon when it opens on July 12th. Based on the trailer , the film tells […]
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This week I’ll start with a review of Brawl Stars . I know the game has been out for a long time, but if you’re […]
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Almost everyone is wrong about sunscreen. On the one hand, few people online question the safety and effectiveness of sunscreen: people like Primal Physique, a […]
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It’s summer and the empty hours need to be filled, so young people are snapping bananas, creating imaginary shows on Netflix and forming very strong […]
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If you’re anything like me, you woke up this morning to a calendar pop-up telling you that Flag Day is tomorrow, June 14th. You probably […]
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If you are looking for Strands hints and answers for Wednesday June 12, 2024, read on as I share some hints and tips and finally […]
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Back in April, I looked into rumors in Donald Trump’s fraud trial that the ex-president farted a lot in court . Because I’m fair and […]
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This week we’re talking about generation gap! Gen Z and millennials are fighting over Eminem (sort of), a YouTuber has been elected to the European […]
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On April 1 , the World Health Organization was informed of the first case of avian influenza (H5N1) transmission from a mammal to humans: a […]
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Young people are everywhere this week. On the other hand, many children corrupt their brains. Others succumb to age-old internet schemes to “follow the train.” […]
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I used to think conspiracy theories were fun. It was interesting/funny that there were people who believed that we faked the moon landing or that […]
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Teenagers used to be considered the lifeblood of the film industry, but judging by the dismal box office performance over Memorial Day weekend, they don’t […]
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Secret codes are all around us, making it easy to quickly communicate information to people who are looking for it. CB Radio codes , for […]
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This week, People on X, right-wing radio programs, and Disney fan blogs came together to form Voltron of Terror around one issue: Disney canceled beloved […]
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Summer is approaching, and young people seem to be turning their attention away from big topics like “would you rather be in the woods with […]
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Social network TikTok’s misinformation policies are pretty robust, at least on paper . It specifically bans content containing “medical misinformation about vaccines or abortion” and […]
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The rap war between Kendrick Lamar and Drake appears to be over. Winner by unanimous decision: Kendrick Lamar. But this beef is so culturally pervasive […]
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Decades after going off the air, classic PBS children’s shows like Reading Rainbow and Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood continue to hold a place in the hearts […]
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I don’t like writing about Donald Trump and I definitely don’t want to write about his damn diapers, but one of the most common (probable) […]
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I believe in cooperation and win-win solutions, but conflict is also a part of life, so this week I’m looking at conflict in four forms: […]
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I still listen to the radio at my desk like an absolute freak. Yes, I know streaming apps exist – I also use Spotify every […]
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