Teen Drivers – Parents Should Know Kids’ Risky Business Behind The Wheel

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I think by now you’re probably tired of hearing/reading my tweets and facebook status updates about my teenager passing her behind-the-wheel test (with only two bad ticks, mind you) last week. AP Photo Carrie Cochran Yes, we are so proud of her for completing this grueling process, and yet our gut wrenches each time she asks for [...]

This Family Will Miss You, Dr. Laura

It’s a shame Dr. Laura will be going off the air. I will miss her company, the advice, and support she gave me over the last 18 years. I really wanted her to stick around long enough for my kids to listen to her, and hear confirmation of what “Do the Right Thing” means in their adult life. Not all decisions are clear cut in our daily lives, but listening to her show sometimes helped me decipher the answer to many confusing situations.

Inception: The scene of the crime is your mind.

I watched a pre-screening of the movie Inception and I'm still replaying some of the spectacular scenes in my mind, like a recurring dream, with better protagonists. (Having Leo smacking people around in my dream isn't a bad way to spend the night, now is it? But. I digress.) This thought-provoking Sci-Fi, action thriller will make you think [...]

Knight and Day: Duck and cover after chuckling or the gun fire might get you too

One hour and fifty minutes go by as quickly as the adrenaline-charged, computer-generated action sequences in the film “Knight and Day” which opens tomorrow. This light, romantic, action comedy relies heavily on the million dollar grins of the movie's main actors,Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz starring as Roy Miller and June Havens, to get you to invest in [...]