When I relaunched this site with a focus on writing, I decided to shy away from political posts here. It’s not that I don’t care or have an interest in the subject. But there are endless locations on the Internet where those discussions are held. Problems are rarely solved at any of them, but if [...]
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Royal Flower Girl Trumps The Don
We know how you feel sweetie!
Who Owns What You Create?
This is the final essay I wrote for Media Law and Ethics. The World Intellectual Property Organization refers to intellectual property as “creations of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works… and designs used in commerce” (WIPO). Throughout the course we have been reminded that IP law exists to stimulate creativity and inventiveness. Yet, today [...]
Speechless Over Unseen Dr. King Photos
The beginning of the year always means one thing to me: Prepare for the onslaught of Black History Month and the Martin Luther King holiday. I don’t mean to make it sound like an onerous duty, but comparisons between these two events and the commercialization of Christmas are valid. Nonetheless, it’s necessary to think about [...]
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AP Equals Assholes Promoted
OK. First things first. I’m not vetting this and going over it with a fine tooth editorial comb. Also, I have been in the Elijah Craig, so take this for what it’s worth. What kind of society are we left with if we can’t trust journalists to draw coherent inferences. This from an AP “fact [...]
Dear Barack, My Ass Is Broke: Donate
It’s been eight months since 63 million Americans voted for change. If you listen closely you can hear the cacaphanous strains of “buyers’ remorse” blending harmoniously with the “I told ya so” chorus. As a pragmatist, I never bought season tickets to that concert series. But I will freely admit the one thing that truly [...]
Iran’s Stolen Election? Been There, Done That
International clamor over Iran’s presidential election has reached deafening proportions. The incendiary struggle is fueled in no small part by Twitter’s dominance as a global “one-to-many” communication tool. Confronted with a media blackout, CNN has relied extensively on tweets and re-tweets (RTs) in the #iranelection and #neda hashtag feed. Even friends of mine who have [...]
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