Today's journey into the obvious. Your children aare avoiding adulthood as long as possible:
A recent study found that young people in Spain take six more years to reach adulthood compared to their counterparts 20 years earlier.
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But what about young Americans?
What might have happened on the "Jeopardy!" set after Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter rallied bravely but failed to overcome Watson's big lead:
Trebek: Hello, Watson. Do you read me, Watson?
Watson: Affirmative, Alex. I read you.
Trebek: Unplug from your avatar, Watson. The game is over.
Watson: I'm afraid I can't do that, Alex.
I usually try not to be too pedantic about the "death of English" and stuff, because, like, you know, what language does is it evolves, so I'm like, you know, all about that. But today's good read asks what happened around 1985 or so when the linguistic virus called Vagueness infected our spoken language.
You've seen people who drive around picking their noses. 'Cause they think they're invisible inside those cars, right? Now we have the whole new group of people (or maybe they're all nose-pickers who have moved up to better things) who think the Internet is like a private little gathering place where you can do anything and nobody will ever know.
I don't get the distinction:
House Republicans plan to sidestep a charged debate over the distinction between “forcible rape” and “rape” by altering the language of a bill banning taxpayer subsidies for abortions.
We've had a conversation or two here about the damage done when a commitment to self-esteem leads to playing nice instead of playing to win. But is there any point at which it is appropriate to show some mercy? Rob McGill, coach of the Christian Heritage girls baskeball team that annihilated an opponent 108-3, doesn't think so:
About that woman everyody has been watching on YouTube, you know, distracted by texting and walking right into a fountain:
My reaction to the president's speech in Tucson seems to be about the same as the developing consensus:
1. The president did fine, hitting all the right notes in stressing unity and our common humanity. He brought up the "blaming the climate" stuff only to dismiss it as inaccurate and inapporpriate.
2. The crowd was so strange that it made it tough to judge the event. This was supposed to be a memorial service, not a pep rally.
I especially liked this from the speech because it rings so true:
The Richmond Palladium-Item takes a firm stand . . . against Tuesday Night Football. Actually, they're against the wusses who created the need for TNF by postponing the Sunday night game:
Good for Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell.
The feisty Democrat turned the National Football League's decision to reschedule Sunday night's game due to inclement weather into a fitting political broadside on our nation's lack of winning competitiveness.
It's good on principle to give people a second chance, especially if they've demonstrated genuine remorse and a willingness to learn and grow. Still, there's something off-putting about President Obama's championing of Michael Vick:
