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I spent a few minutes at this website recently, www.freerice.com, that seems like an intriguing way to help fight hunger.  Essentially, the site presents a vocabulary test which rewards each correct answer with a donation of 20 grains of rice to the UN World Food Program.  The cost of the donation is underwritten by the [...]

No textbook is perfect, but a good text should at least get people’s names right. I have earlier complained about John Vivian perpetuating mistakes in his text, The Media of Mass Communication, which I use in the large lecture course in mass communication I teach at West Chester University. I like the book, [...]

One of the more unpleasant aspects of growing older is the increasing amount of time one spends waiting in doctor offices. It’s not unusual to spend an hour or longer waiting to see a doctor, even if you show up early for an appointment.
If it sounds like I’m complaining, I am. Indeed, I’m [...]