If Norman Lear at 92 is what 92 is, I’ll have what he’s having
Marty Kaplan
July 23, 2014
It is not widely known that Norman Lear and I have the same mother.
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Facebook, please manipulate me
Marty Kaplan
July 14, 2014
What do you call it when media try to manipulate your feelings without first asking for informed consent?
Five doubting dudes and the holy relics of Mount Mortality
Marty Kaplan
June 16, 2014
“Protestant,” I lied, not for the first time, when the Holy Mount Athos Pilgrims Bureau officer asked me my religion.
Condi’s cost per minute
Marty Kaplan
May 19, 2014
Forget whether former New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson was paid more or less than her predecessor, Bill Keller. I want to know why Condoleezza Rice was paid more than Condoleezza Rice.
What if we really knew what media does to us
Marty Kaplan
May 5, 2014
What if we knew that the fictional rapes in HBO’s mega-hit “Game of Thrones” caused real rapes in the real world? What if we knew that the portrayals of gay characters in “Modern Family” caused actual states to legalize same-sex marriage?
The ironic ma nishtana
Marty Kaplan
April 7, 2014
There are two ma nishtanas – one adorable, and one ironic.
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