By Gina O'Neill Copy Editor Watching "Secret Life of the American Teenager" with my Italian mom was like wearing an itchy sweater my grandmother made for me: I felt incredibly uncomfortable wearing it...

By Mike Hammersley Copy Editor Our society is cocky by nature.  Just look at the shows we watch — with 3.6 million people tuning into "Jersey Shore" every week, how could we not emulate arrogance? My...