Tag Archives: Society

Orange ... in Northern Ireland it means business as usual: violence and death.

I've been thinking for the last day about dead bodies

...the idea of free speech has to be relieved of its iconic status.

If we are as pluralistic a society as we say we are, shouldn't we apply the same standards to everybody?

Demonstrating some serious interdenominational unity, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The WB and UPN will join forces tonight for a primetime special entitled Shelter From the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast, to raise funds for those impacted by the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina. The six broadcast networks will …

I haven’t looked forward to a television show as much as I looked forward to Jon Stewart’s take on Katrina, which ran last night. And wow, it was perfect. Show excerpts, courtesy of the Daily Kos “Now, for you people who are saying “Well, stop pointing fingers at the president…left-wing…the …

Every year Project Censored puts out a list of what it considers the most censored important news stories of the year. And apparently I’m not alone in wondering just how a story can be censored when the size of the media changes literally each time someone else starts a blog. …

"The situation of people living and dying with AIDS in parts of Africa is so desperate that even the most basic help will bring solace and hope"

Every disaster needs a theme song; big disasters call for big egos; or, in a much less cynical vein, artists turn to art when they feel compelled by circumstances to give of themselves. Either way, new Persian Gulf resident Michael Jackson has announced through the melodiously-named Raymone K. Bain that …

You can't really blame them for delivering on the promises you voted for, can you