Conquering Cable TV

I travel alone a lot in my job, and I stay in a lot of hotels with cable TV. I sometimes struggle whether to watch pornography while in the room.

One time, ...

The Intelligence Knob

I wish there was a knob on the TV so you could turn up the intelligence. They have one marked brightness, but it doesn't work, does it?

A Definition of Television

Television: Chewing gum for the eyes.

The Irony that Is Television

The worst thing about TV is not its badness. As long as we can still point out that something on TV is "bad," we continue to invoke traditional ...

How Long Is Too Long?

I do not think we should use television as the measure of all attention spans. I have heard people of all ages listen for hours as a speaker or two gives ...

Seeking God without Distractions

Those who love God should attempt to preserve or create an atmosphere in which he can be found. Christians should have quiet homes. Throw out television, ...

Cool Addicts

Everybody knows that TV is mostly false and stupid, that almost no one pays that much attention to it--and yet it's on for over seven hours a day ...

Shortcomings of Television

Television relies for its effectiveness on tricks, not perceptiveness, complete with canned laughter, studio applause, and special effects--a medium fated ...

The New Village Atheists

TV journalists are, by tone of voice and facial expression, the village atheists of our time. They apparently can't comprehend that the religious ...

No "No" in TV Land

Many of our adolescents and young adults cannot "just say no" to drugs because their whole approach to life has been shaped by television, the ...