Humanist and environmental activist Jerry Mander is nearing 80-years-old, but you wouldn’t know it to hear him. In recent years he has spoken on the dangerous, unsustainable and “obsolete” system of global capitalism, but his earliest and probably most influential public work is his manifesto warning about the many dangers of television. Here in his […]
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The Earth-Shattering Whistleblower You Haven’t Heard About
While many in the nation are concerned with Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency (NSA) leaker who helped to spread the word about the agency’s spying and data collection within the US, the extent of that spying still remains clouded. Are our calls actually being recorded? Can that information be recalled at a later date? […]
Superbowl Bullshit
It doesn’t take much to see the Superbowl as a parallel for our society. It is the ultimate display of consumerism, violence, nationalism and faux-Americana. Every year it gets a little worse. Equally unbearable are US families who decry the “edgy” advertisements as they try to “enjoy the game” with those spastic mental cases they […]
Who Really Writes the Media Narrative, Reporters or the White House?
Pulitzer prize winning journalist David Ignatius recently penned an article in the Washington Post titled, An Economic Boom Ahead?, in which he suggest that much of the recent worry over the economy is misplaced and that the coming years may see significant financial gains. He notes that the US is nearing a “tipping point” where […]
Why I No Longer Watch Television
When I first began telling people I don’t watch television, the reaction was amusing. They reacted with surprise, as though it were an extreme lifestyle choice. Their skeptical reaction was greater than if I had announced a plan to give up soda or meat. In one instance someone actually asked, “If you don’t watch television, […]