Posts from January, 2005
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Jan1Are there more?
According to Salon.com, a third columnist has been hired by the Bush Administration to endorse an initiative. Michael McManus received $10,000 via the Department of Health and Human Services to promote a marriage policy. Ironically, McManus is author of a syndicated column, “Ethics & Religion.”
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Jan0The Death of Environmentalism
Veteran enviros Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus want to reframe and reconceptualize the modern environmental movement. They argue that environmentalism, like other single-issue progressive movements, need to articulate a vision and set of values that are broad in scope and focused on long-term objectives. More than anything, they say, the movement needs to take a [...]
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Jan1Never Again?
It’s been about four weeks since a tsunami killed about 200,000 people in Southeast Asia. Although some will criticize the US’s financial contribution to the relief effort no matter how much we give (IE– I asked a UT prof, “How much is adequate?” and the response was basically, “As much as we’re spending on the [...]
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Jan0Spam OK, Dissing China Bad
Cheapbulletproof.com is where hardcore spammers go for reliable, feature-packed hosting. Tom Muirhead was so thrilled with their service, he wrote, “Thank you for providing such an invaluable service to spammers everywhere. Everyone who receives a spam email through your servers will be eternally grateful that you ensure they won’t be shut down because of their [...]
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Jan0The Family Guys
As the FCC starts a preliminary probe over the latest F-bomb incident, Fox has announced that it has pixellated a cartoon butt. Interestingly, the episode of “The Family Guy” first aired five years ago, butt and all. I remember back in my college radio days, when people still wore shirts that said “Censorship is UnAmerican,” [...]
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