As someone who is an avid reader, I love when my favorite books are turned into movies. I love seeing the pages play out on the screen, and seeing if the movie matches up to my imagination of the events in the story. Recently, there’s been a rise in...
When I was growing up, there were a lot of things that influenced the person I became. Family, friends, my teachers–and, to be honest, TV. Most of us can in some way relate to Homer Simpson’s assertion that TV is a...
Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan. Courtesy of Ronald Reagan Library. On April 8th 2013, Baroness Margaret Thatcher, the first woman Prime Minister of the UK and the longest serving prime minister for around 150 years, died from a stroke at the Ritz Hotel in London....
Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Illustration by Mary GrandPre. Since the Harry Potter phenomenon began in 1997 the series has sold over 450 million copies.  Many readers from my generation grew up with the series, and for girls, Hermione Granger has been...
A selection of text modified to address Mike Hoye’s daughter. http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/11/i-am-no-man-for-zelda-playing-daughter-dad-gives-link-a-sex-change/ I recently read about Mike Hoye, a father who became concerned that even though you can change...
