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Opinion
Mark
Smith, editor
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And the Devil
went down to Alabama...
By whatever standard one wishes to apply, the
summer of 2003 has been a strange one. Actors are running
for political office and politicians are pretending to be
what they are not.
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Bus
strike: Unionized terrorism
As we neared the date, a few weeks ago, of the
worst terrorist act in modern history, I pondered with restless
anger a terrorist act occurring in our own community. It is
a sad situation when an entire island population is held hostage,
and not even for political ideals or moral principles, but
for ransom.
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Having
cows - Some short essays in political philosophy
One’s political philosophy can be determined
by one’s attitude towards one’s possessions. Or
is it the other way around? Consider these cases of bovine
ownership and decide for yourself.
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Media, capitalism conspire to distort
values - Todd Gitlin
Todd Gitlin, a professor of journalism and sociology at Columbia
University, has studied the relationship of media and society
for more than 25 years. His most recent book, his eighth, Media
Unlimited, examines the interrelationship of media on a capitalist
society in which the supreme value is efficiency and both elements
of the equation “time is money” become ends in
themselves.
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