Here's a heartwarming story about some of the insanity that followed in the wake of 9/11. We see this kind of thing all the time, in the news, on tv shows, in movies. A mistake compounded into tragedy by the utter fear and panic induced under extreme conditions. One could…
I bristled yesterday as I read yet another faux-controversy concocting article in my misguided home town paper, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. You see, Body Worlds is coming to my town and the morality “experts” are getting restless. The “concern” is that maybe we shouldn’t be staring at dead bodies. The morality experts quoted…
But what’s puzzlin’ you is the nature of my game... That’s about the only song I can stand to listen to the Rolling Stones do. Musically, thematically, it all comes together for them. It’s perfect. Beyond that, while I certaiinly like a lot of their songs, I cannot abide listening…
In his new book, The Conscience of a Liberal, Paul Krugman cites some statling numbers regarding American attitudes toward miscegenation. The good news is that we are changing for the better, at least viewed in the long term: Beyond the blunt, crude fact that America is getting less white, there's…
Rick Kaempfer, a Chicago media critic, a 20-year radio veteran, "thanks" the FCC and media conglomerates for their roles in promoting media consolidation (a development that cost Rick his job). [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8xD_BHzDqg[/youtube] What's the problem with a few huge corporations owning and operating most of our media outlets? Consider this information…