January 5th,2009

Activism, Current Events, Editorial, Politicians, political

Hate Crime Legislation is NOT the Answer

January 5, 2009 at 11:40 am

by: Allison Bricker Share/Save/Bookmark

During the remaining weeks of 2008 amidst the front page news about the worsening economic situation and the ever growing line of companies looking to stick their faux-Capitalist hands into the T.A.R.P. money, what seemed to be a sudden rash of violent... 

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Editorial, Movies

Frost/Nixon (Movie Review)

January 3, 2009 at 9:16 pm

by: Joseph Marohl Share/Save/Bookmark

Director Ron Howard’s film based on Peter Morgan’s 2007 stage play Frost/Nixon (Morgan wrote the screenplay also) makes a compelling case for television as a medium for truth-telling without over-simplification (as is often charged—by, among others,... 

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Editorial, Featured

Hail Columbia! - Forgotten History of the Republic

January 3, 2009 at 6:59 pm

by: Allison Bricker Share/Save/Bookmark

It is both amazing and troubling to me that in the relatively short span of seventy-eight years, a important piece of American history can be almost wholly wiped from the minds of the populous. Perhaps it is no coincidence that as America took its first... 

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Current Events, Editorial, Global

Sheer Terror

January 1, 2009 at 5:07 pm

by: Joseph Marohl Share/Save/Bookmark

I’ve been stumped ever since the United States decided to defeat terrorism by using “shock and awe.” “Shock and awe” is the phrase the Bush administration presented to refer to spectacular displays of military force in order to paralyze the... 

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Previously This Week

The Old Ox Plows a Straight Furrow

The Old Ox Plows a Straight Furrow

Six days after the inauguration—six days after Pastor Rick Warren, looking like a reupholstered Jerry... 

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Best of the Smoking Argus 2008

Best of the Smoking Argus 2008

As we get ready to shuffle off the “Crisis of ‘08″ for the “Collapse of ‘09″... 

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The Last Retail Christmas

The Last Retail Christmas

My Christmas wish this year was an intangible impossibility, to say the least. But, I was feeling a... 

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Doubt (Movie Review)

Doubt (Movie Review)

Despite its title, Doubt, the movie and presumably the play (which latter I have not read or seen), offers... 

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In Remembrance: Harold Pinter, 1930-2008

In Remembrance: Harold Pinter, 1930-2008

Acclaimed playwright, political activist, and Nobel laureate Harold Pinter died yesterday at age 78. His... 

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Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all of our loyal readers.  We truly appreciate your continued support and look forward... 

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