Conflict: competitive or opposing action of incompatibles: antagonistic state or action. Pornography: (3): the depiction of acts in a sensational manner so as to arouse a quick intense emotional reaction. What else could it be, other than conflict pornography, when a major media source unnecessarily frames a story in such…
Paul Slansky is frustrated that conservatives have captured the American Flag as their symbol. The emblem of the country's highest aspirations was mindlessly ceded to the holier-than-thou zealots who used it as a bludgeon against the less fanatical. Here's Slansky's solution: Progressives should take the American Flag back by displaying…
Today we biked over to see the 2½ hour long gay pride parade. "You're here, you're queer, we're used to it." About 40,000 other people came to see the parade along the edge of my neighborhood today. You can see the crowds looking down Grand Boulevard. Many people were festively…
It’s difficult to watch hecklers, even when you agree with them. On a superficial level they are rude. By interrupting formal speeches they are preventing the officially designated speaker from delivering his or her message. But what alternatives do we have when modern-day powerful politicians carefully exclude people who disagree…
Here's a terrific article by Tim Karr of Free Press. Why not exert some intelligent political will and make certain that blistering high-speed broadband is available to anyone who wants it at a reasonable price? Karr's article comes with some disturbing statistics: Access to broadband today is held in the…