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editorials more »William F. Buckley 1925-2008: Wrongheaded, But Did Media Right
The Congestion Coalition? In a recent article published in the Washington Post, two of the Reason Institute’s hired research monkeys tried to debunk some of the so-called myths that we associate with suburbia, automobile use, and car culture. The holes in these arguments are about as big as the profit-oriented loopholes that think tanks like the Reason Institute build into their ill-founded policy recommendations. read »
When discussing the war on Iraq, immigration or other important topics, students, friends and family often seek insight by asking "What Would Dr. King Do?" On this Dr. King Day federal holiday I thought it appropriate to think about the answer to this question using Dr. King's words. read » more editorials Jock of the Seventies: US President Gerald Ford, 1912-2006 Election 2006:
Murray Bookchin 1921-2006 War Ensemble Mistranslating the Mexican Election
RAZA/RACE: Fear of a Non-English Nation Names Like Mohamed
South Dakota vs. Women
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featured articles more »Does Dove Really Love Our Humps?
Denizens of Chelm Literate, even as a young child, seeped in Jewish narratives, immersed in Jewish culture, I loved to hear stories, to read stories, and, much later, to write them—stories of struggle, justice, hope, and perseverance against persecution and otherness. read » recent issue more »
reviews more »Madness: A Bipolar Life by Marya Hornbacher
Go, Go, Go and Get Back to Black
Not My Worst Nightmare: Rambo (2008)
Cat Power and the Dirty Delta Blues
RAZA/RACE REVIEW: No One is Illegal
Live Earth: Concerts for Climate in Crisis
GUN: It's More Fun to Jack Cars than to Rustle Horses
The Weirdness by the Stooges
Little Brother's The Minstrel Show
The Lennon Files: The Revolution That Wasn’t
Who will be the Big Wii-ner in the Console War?
More reviews Critters Buggin @ Neumo's (12/16/06)
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On the whole, Buckley's politics were terribly wrong about society and how it should be run. However,…
Talking heads, thick blockheads with this year's opinions...
Were you there, or did you blink and it was over? This fall there were two strikes by the United Auto Workers, but even in industrial Michigan, I fear they came and went too fast to register a cultural impact. Unless, like a flash mob, their short time span is part of their appeal.
When read in the current American cultural context, what passes on the surface as a redefinition of beauty, is in many ways subtly reaffirming the dominant and damaging trope of the 20th century that says the female body is imperfect unless it is sculpted to meet cultural and commercial needs.
The book is written in such a way that the reader truly experiences Hornbacher’s manias and depressions right along with her. And where her perception of time is confused, ours is as well.
Prior to the 2008 Grammy Awards, I assumed Amy Winehouse was the British version of our Britney Spears—a performer (rather than an artist) with a substance abuse problem rising to stardom through the cult of personality, public controversy, and indecent exposure.
Perhaps it is the profound void created by the missing virile man in popular culture that has prompted the recent resurgence of testosterone filled heroes.
For those who follow Cat Power in hopes of seeing the spectacle of mental illness that has accompanied her previous appearances, this tour is sure to be a disappointment.
The musical (and supposedly educational) event took place at seven locations around the world, for everybody has leapt upon the greenwagon.
This avid gamer is disappointed with the rash of Grand Theft Auto knock-offs that have recently been released.
"My Idea of Fun", from The Weirdness, is as bitter as a song appearing on the fourth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq should be.
In an era of hip-hop that can literally make you wonder if your I.Q. has just dropped upon listening to it, Little Brother are a refreshingly heady bunch.
After 25 years of litigation, the FBI finally disclosed the handful of still-classified pages in its John Lennon files.
At any given time, there may be three or more consoles competing for consumer attention.
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