Last fall, when Jean Kilbourne's new book Deadly Persuasion was arriving on shelves, Publishers Weekly praised it as "a wake-up call about the damaging effects of advertising in our media-saturated culture." But six months...
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03 May 2000
Maybe Elian Gonzalez will have achieved a miracle after all, alerting
mainstream America to the fact that the Bill of Rights have disappeared,
restrictions on the role of the military in domestic affairs have been
thrown overboard, and all...
02 May 2000
Several of Galveston's municipal races this season are weird enough to make
us all proud. God bless Texas politics.
In the mayoral race, the traditional developer-vs.-preservationist stand-off is given an added cultural je ne sais...
30 April 2000
AUSTIN, Texas -- May I suggest that the governor of Texas get his rear back
in this state long enough to call a special session to fix the mess in the
prison system before the mother of all prison riots occurs?
How many times does he...
27 April 2000
The push by federal regulators to break up Microsoft is big news. Until recently, the software giant seemed untouchable -- and few people demanded effective antitrust efforts against monopoly power in the software industry. These days, a...
26 April 2000
There is a sound case to be made for dropping a tactical nuclear weapon on
the Cuban section of Miami. The move would be applauded heartily by most
Americans. Alas, Operation Good Riddance would require the sort of mature
political courage...
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