Utne Reader - Winners of the 2007 Utne Independent Press Awards
Here are this year's winners. If you go to their site , you can get a brief description of why each magazine received its honor -- and to get a link to the magazine's web... More »
Here are this year's winners. If you go to their site , you can get a brief description of why each magazine received its honor -- and to get a link to the magazine's web... More »
As anyone who reads this blog from time to time will know, I am a huge fan of The Onion -- I have been ever since I worked for a magazine wholesaler who carried The... More »
Camille Paglia takes a look at three new gender studies books about men -- and while she is pleased that things are getting better, she feels there is still a lot of work to do... More »
Last week the Tucson Weekly published the top censored stories according to Project Censored. Not surprisingly, the executive branch's assault on civil rights is prominent in the list. Here is the introduction: There are a... More »
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[ Another Sunday speedlinking edition. Regular speedlinks will return on Tuesday. ] Quote of the day : "We hate some persons because we do not know them; and we will not know them because we... More »
Some serious wisdom from Byron Williams at Huff Post : Our Nation Focuses on the Wrong Message We are trapped in a whirlwind of the salacious and melodramatic, clinging to the empty calories of the... More »
Quote of the day : "Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons." ~ R. Buckminster Fuller Image of the day : According to OhGizmo , an artist and a palaeontologist... More »
Gore's new book, The Assault on Reason , was released today. AlterNet has a good look at the book, with lots of links. Time has an excerpt from the book. The New York Times reviewed... More »
Noam Chomsky is one of the most hated men among the neoconservative crowd. But before he became known as a media and political critic, he revolutionized the study of linguistics. His critique of B.F. Skinner... More »