Bluebag ponders why we all turn to TV for entertainment.

One of the most popular pastimes that all Whyvillians can relate to is television. I'm pretty much sure that some of us are the kind of people who get home from school in the afternoon and watch TV until they go to bed. I'm also pretty sure that some of us hardly watch any TV, maybe just a show or two. Maybe three. I'm one of them.

When I was in the third grade seven years ago, my brother, sister and I would blow off our homework to watch TV. We'd watch Nickelodeon (the 90's Nick), Disney Channel, Cartoon Network, whatever was on until we were told to go to bed. However, my parents got sick of us constantly watching TV and put a ban on it Mondays through Thursdays, meaning we could only watch TV on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, unless it was a school holiday or we were sick.

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UnclGhost disapproves of the teaching of "Intelligent Design" in the science classroom.

One of the biggest issues in today's science classrooms is the problem of whether to teach evolution, creationism, or both. Creationism generally hasn't been taught because, like nearly all religion, it has reached its conclusion without using scientific methods. But now it's trying to enter our classrooms labeled as science -- under the name of "Intelligent Design."

Intelligent Design states that most life--especially humans--could not have come about through the process of evolution because it is too complex. However, the issue with this theory is that it doesn't follow the scientific method. Before I go on, let's clear up the meaning of a few terms:

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