Cynicism has been taken a lot of high-profile hits lately. Late night talk show host Conan O’Brien, who certainly could have become cynical after the way he was treated by NBC, mentioned cynicism during his final show: “All I ask of you, especially young people…is one thing. Please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism — [...]

Sometimes when I walk by my dad sitting on the couch watching TV, I wish he had the game on. Or maybe more accurately, I wish he called in to me from the other room and asked me if I was going to watch the World Series with him. Its a strange position to be [...]