Ok, here I go:
“denim jeans, “
I don’t own any denim clothing.
“sneakers,”
I wear canvas Converse sneakers two days a year: Tisha B’Av and Yom Kippur.
“baseball caps,”
I keep a baseball cap in my backpack in case I ever need to enter a non-kosher restaurant to use the restroom. Otherwise I wear a black velvet yarmulka at all times except when showering and sleeping.
” movies,”
I’m not against movies, but I haven’t been in a movie theatre in several years. We occasionally rent classic movies using Netflix, most recently “How Green Was My Valley”.
” novels,”
I sometimes read novels; I recently completed the Harry Potter series and a few years ago completed Herman Wouk’s two novels of World War Two and the Shoah, “The Winds of War” and “War and Remembrance”. I’ve also read, “The Caine Mutiny” and his three books on Judaism.
” sports,”
I used to be a sports fan, but don’t follow it much any more. I recently visited New Orleans and didn’t realize that their NFL team had won the Super Bowl until I saw the congratulations billboards.
” tv,”
We don’t own a TV.
“radio,”
I listen to radio a lot — mostly WQXR, the classical music station.
” newspapers,”
I read newspaper sites on the internet.
” magazines,”
I subscribe to *Scientific American*, *The Atlantic*, and *The New Republic*.
” politics,”
Left wing Democrat. No, correct that — not all that far to the left, certainly not a socialist. Just left wing compared to a lot of the commenters on frum sites.
” college, university education.”
That is probably the thing that really does distinguish “modern orthodox” from other Torah paths. We see that Jews have been attending university since the time of the rishonim and see no reason to change that mesorah. And we see it as a l’chatchila not a b’dieved.
That said, university education isn’t for everyone. I would suggest that non-Jews and Jews alike might be better off postponing university until they are mature enough to get the most benefit for their tuition — and for Jews, until they have learned enough Torah to distinguish the hashkafah of Rambam from taht of Ayn Rand.