Debased entertainment

On those degrading TV game shows where people make fools of themselves to win a prize, sometimes contempt for a contestant's intelligence overrides the compassion we should feel.

But enough about Rick Perry.

Went the strings of my heart

Zynga, the company that gave us Farmville and other ploys to monetize human willingness to be part of a web of social obligation, is having second thoughts about cutting its employees in on the profits.

Loss of faith

Survivor of Iraq and the Second Mile Foundation speaks.

Talking animals and talking crotches

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