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All in the Family

Modern Family Follows Dysfunctional TV Family Path

Danny Groner | Posted 10.22.2009 | Entertainment

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Danny Groner

There's a longstanding precedent in place for TV shows that carry the term "Family" in their headers. Television writers have long played up the hostile, bitter and even violent side to families as a way to offset expectations.

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Save The Children

Rabbi Jennifer Krause | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

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Rabbi Jennifer Krause

Whether you are for or against the President's fully transparent, pre-released address and accompanying, optional food-for-thought exercise, you should do something truly worthy of your time and energy: talk to your kids.

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Ford's Giant Green Leap

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 06.01.2009 | Green

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Andrea Chalupa

Given the crisis we face, we should all be driving around in zero-emission vehicles. Forget the flying car and living like the Jetsons! We need cars that don't emit C02, now.

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CBS Can't Die

Ed Madison | Posted 02.12.2009 | Media

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Ed Madison

Years earlier, right out of college, I was hired to join the team that launched CNN. Visionary Ted Turner had this crazy notion that people would want to watch 24 hours of non-stop news.

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On TV, Life, and Gossip Girl

Kim Stolz | Posted 02.09.2009 | Entertainment

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Kim Stolz

Television is reflective of the economic downturn and fiercely threatened media climate that we are living in now -- it is no surprise that Dirty Jobs and other "blue collar"-like shows are thriving.

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$700 Billion Wise, Several Trillion Foolish

James Berman | Posted 11.01.2008 | Business

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James Berman

The divide between a severe recession and a depression is vast. It's important to keep this divide in mind, because an error in the measure of that gap can lead to major mistakes.

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