Tag Archives: Society

...they will take far more pride and interest in the final result. Isn't that better than disinterest and scorn?

The Chinese government, feeling threatened by the flow and exchange of information among its 100 million Internet users, announced yesterday the imposition of new regulations intended to limit access to news and commentary not pre-approved by the government’s Propaganda Department. The new rules will allow only the posting of “healthy …

A police chief, it appears, has a tenuous grasp of "innocent until proven guilty", and the rule of law.

Faster, faster, faster! That sometimes seems to be the mantra of friends, colleagues and advertisers. Get a faster computer. Get a faster car. And it’s also, appropriately, the title of a book by James Gleick, an author with the rare gift of making the complicated not only interesting and easy …

The fact that I'm forced to even consider using a weapon is disturbing, that I have no choice in the matter is only slightly mitigating.

Every year the fall/winter holiday season starts just a little bit sooner: our local Wal-mart had out Halloween candy, costumes and decorations by the first of September. I’m not sure who is buying Halloween candy two months before the fact, unless they plan to eat it themselves, since I am …

The movie cost $25,000 to make. The female and male leads were paid $1,200 and $250, respectively. The movie was ultimately banned in 23 states yet grossed $600 million. More important, it was part of a cultural earthquake. That movie was Deep Throat and its history and impact are explored …

This script, used only by women in a remote area of China, was declared "lost" last year.

It’s a ripsnorting, ’60s style, “give me an F,” punks and folkies wailing, no-makeup-wearing Cindy Sheehan agitating, bring the troops home now, my mother-in-law and the other hippies will be there, good old anti-war rally and free concert as Operation Ceasefire seeks to rattle the windows of power tomorrow, Saturday, …

...you might as well save up your premiums and a make a yearly trip to Las Vegas and lay them all on black at the roulette table.