This is a Sick Joke, Right?

Are you kidding me?  “I don’t want to hear about right or wrong when freedom is slipping away/ And if you ain’t going to fight, get out of the way.”

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25 News Stories that Need More Coverage

Of late I have become an avid listener of NPR’s On the Media. As good as this program is in holding our corporate media accountable, it still pales in comparison to Project Censored, a longstanding independent study of U.S. media.  The project, which is run by students and faculty at Sonoma State University, seeks to [...]

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The U.S. Media and the War

This week’s recommendation is a short documentary, War Made Easy:  How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us To Death.  This film outlines our nation’s recent trend of using the media to legitimize wars of aggression, most of which are initiated on dubious grounds.
Among the many great points that this film makes is the fallacy of [...]

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Sarah Palin and Reasons Why Churches Should Not Have Tax Exempt Status

In the days since Sarah Palin emerged as the Republican VP candidate, droves of artifacts from her past have surfaced.  Apparently she’s a former beauty pageant contestant, sportscaster, PTA supporter, small town mayor, avowed hockey mom, and (unfortunately) a member of an Assemblies of God church.
A video from Wasilla Assembly of God in Alaska that [...]

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