Privacy. A highly valued personal right in the United States. And I’m a fan, particularly when it applies to a closed bathroom door, me on the inside of the bathroom and everyone else in my house, including the dog, on the outside of the door.But it’s a rather odd value as well, given the apparent need for the general public to inform the world of every hiccup, giggle (LOL) or other inane activity [...]

  A middle aged Italian woman looks at life with a laugh                         Mary Fran BontempoI want to see some documentation.MTV’s Jersey Shore has been renewed for a second season.  For those of you who’ve been living under a rock, or perhaps been much more discriminating television viewers than the five million voyeurs who tune into the program every week, Jersey Shore depicts the misadventures of a cast of young adults(?) thrown together for [...]