Issue: 462
Mar 8, 2012
Commentary
Clear Channel’s Discourse Problem Just Doesn’t Stop at Rush, John and Ken
Columnist
Listening to the radio, these days, is an engagement in naked decorum whereby which the listener�s sensibilities are liable to be affronted and confronted. Sometimes, we need our sensibilities confronted. There are certainly some things in America society that we need to talk about. However, sensitive though those issues may be, America can�t continue to…
Listening to the radio, these days, is an engagement in naked decorum whereby which the listener�s sensibilities are liable to be affronted and confronted. Sometimes, we…
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Guest Commentary
Bye bye Dennis
Guest Commentator
So, after 16 years in the House and a lifetime in Cleveland politics, Dennis Kucinich is being sent packing, the victim of a shrinking Ohio population and the loss of two Congressional seats in the state. To be sure, he was never beloved beyond the city limits of �the mistake on the lake.�� Within the…
So, after 16 years in the House and a lifetime in Cleveland politics, Dennis Kucinich is being sent packing, the victim of a shrinking Ohio population…
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Color of Law
We are a Nation of Bullies – The
Executive Editor
Rush Limbaugh�s years of bullying may finally have caught up with him. His vicious attack on Sandra Fluke, a Georgetown University law student, was over the top, even by Limbaugh�s standards. Calling the young woman a �slut� and a �prostitute� for supporting health insurance coverage for contraception has cost the on-air personality and full-time blowhard…
Rush Limbaugh�s years of bullying may finally have caught up with him. His vicious attack on Sandra Fluke, a Georgetown University law student, was over the…
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Cover Story
International Women’s Day and Black America – Women’s History Month
Editorial Board
International Women�s Day (March 8th) introduces �Women�s History Month�, IWD came into being in the early 20th century as a result of the struggles of women workers in New York. Women around the world commemorate that day as a day of struggle and recognition of women�s on-going efforts toward achieving freedom and dignity. Yet in…
International Women�s Day (March 8th) introduces �Women�s History Month�, IWD came into being in the early 20th century as a result of the struggles of women…
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Commentary
It’s What and Not Who Killed Whitney Houston
Editorial Board
A new allegation has surfaced that pop superstar Whitney Houston was murdered. Legal television commentator, Nancy Grace, ignited a firestorm of criticism speculating Houston�s death might have been a homicide. �I�d like to know who was around her, who, if anyone gave her drugs, following alcohol and drugs, and who let her slip, or pushed…
A new allegation has surfaced that pop superstar Whitney Houston was murdered. Legal television commentator, Nancy Grace, ignited a firestorm of criticism speculating Houston�s death might…
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