Archive for November 12th, 2007
Writers Guild Fighting For What’s Right
In one corner sits the giant of creative media, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). In the other sits a collective of nerdy, inventive writers, the Writers Guild of America (WGA). On Nov. 5, negotiations between these two organizations failed, and the WGA began setting up picket lines in Rockefeller Center in [...]
Music Industry and its Suicidial Tendencies
In October, there were quite a few people listening to Elliott Smith. The sound of Smith’s whispery delivery, soothing yet intricate guitar work and simplistic view of the world resonated throughout the nation. Many DJs all over America played his affecting songs such as ‘Miss Misery’ or ‘Needle in the Hay’ and talked about Smith, [...]
Pakistan’s Musharraf Is the Problem
Instead of cracking down on the Taliban and al-Qaeda terrorists in Pakistan’s northwestern territories, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, an army general who came to power in a 1999 coup, has directly challenged the rule of law and Pakistan’s independent judicial system by his imposition of emergency rule last week.
Musharraf’s emergency measures were supposedly aimed at [...]
MSU Promotes Islam Awareness
In the West, extremism, terrorism and fundamentalism have become associated with the teachings of Islam. This can be seen through such programming as the insidious nationwide campaign put together by David Horowitz and friends, entitled ‘Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week,’ where speakers tried to equate Islam with terrorism and plastered campuses with graphic images of Muslim women [...]
