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Category Archives: Opinion Columns
Social networking site Chatroulette opens up odd webcam interactions
If you haven’t experienced Chatroulette yet, you’ve got some risk-taking to do.
Supreme Court ruling returns rightful voice to corporations on “˜electioneering communications’
Corporations are people, too ““ at least, sort of. Because of the recent Supreme Court decision on Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission, corporations now have a more defined right to freedom of speech.
For God’s sake, tax exemption should only be for secular charitable intent
If watching the talking heads of the American right wing has taught me anything these past few years, it is that the biggest problems facing America today can be lumped along partisan lines.
The system exists, now use it
Westwood keeps one-upping itself this quarter. An armed robbery was followed by a three-hour imprisonment. Then, both were topped by an underground explosion that shattered windows nearby.
News media, take a tip from TMZ
We’ve all done it. Secretly we take pleasure in laughing at celebrities’ antics caught on camera while ashamedly admitting to our friends that the news we’ve just learned is due to our trusty media source, TMZ. In fact, it’s almost as good as Ashton Kutcher’s Punk’d, with the added punch line that the celebrities are actually aware of the cameras surrounding them.
Less bias on the airwaves increases respect for radio news
In a matter of hours, radio news network Air America went from hosting seldom-listened to original content to silence.