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A couple years ago, I worked on a commentary for a certain news anchor who took issue with describing older people as “cute.” Isn’t that a little condescending? Now, the New York Times looks at the quiet but persistent insults that we seem to bestow on older Americans: Professionals call it elderspeak, the sweetly belittling…

Leave it to California: this weekend, they had the traditional Blessing of the Waves out in Orange County. It was totally gnarly, dude: About 400 people gathered at sunrise Sunday to thank God for a gnarly ocean and to hang ten on some righteous waves. The Roman Catholic Dioceses of Orange hosted its first annual…

Some people might file this under the category of “Dog Bites Man” — not news, and not all that surprising. But it’s interesting that the subject of prayer and contemplation is generating some serious study. This comes from a Catholic website in the UK: Catholics feel less pain than atheists and agnostics after contemplating the…

The trailer for “The Soloist.” It looks mighty impressive — and sustains Robert Downey, Jr.’s remarkable comeback that began this summer with “The Iron Man” and continued with “Tropic Thunder.” Take a look:
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