By Norman Solomon, AlterNet. July 17, 2001. Gary Condit's infamy is the media scandal of the season. Eager to rev up their ratings, the networks are in salacious overdrive.
By James Porteous, AlterNet. July 17, 2001. This week from the Netnomad: EmailAlibi.com ... ElvisFind ... Save John Stossel ... Hair-Styles.org ... Language of the Land.
By Jim Hightower, AlterNet. July 17, 2001. Environment:A British glassmaker has announced that it may start producing the holy grails of home-building products: Glass windows that clean themselves.
By Jim Hightower, AlterNet. July 17, 2001. DrugReporter:Take one part avarice from Monsanto, add one part government arrogance, mix, spray on a foreign country, then cover up the mess with official secrecy. Viola! Colombia.
By Will Durst, AlterNet. July 17, 2001. Now that China is hosting the 2008 Olympics, the nominations for mascot are rolling in. How about "Blim Blim: the Re-educated Panda" or "Buzzy: the Red Bullet of Righteousness?"
By Arianna Huffington, OverthrowTheGov.com. July 10, 2001. Not only does the public overwhelmingly support energy conservation over a massive build up of new power plants, so do Republicans, by a ratio of two-to-one.
By James E. Garcia, PoliticoMagazine.com. July 10, 2001. Why, in a land desperate for heroes, do we belittle, wound and sometimes even kill our newest immigrants?
By Will Durst, AlterNet. July 10, 2001. What do the 41st and 43rd presidents of the United States talk about when their golf cart leaves the journalists behind?
By Norman Solomon, AlterNet. July 10, 2001. Its All-Star Season again. Solomon compiles a roster for his team of Media heavy-hitters for the year 2001.
By Jim Hightower, AlterNet. July 10, 2001. Little George's overall job-approval rating has dropped to a pitiable 53 percent, and its even worse on specific issues like environment (39 percent) and energy (33 percent).
By Mad Dog, AlterNet. July 10, 2001. Steven Spielberg's new movie A.I. has reanimated disucssions of artificial intelligence. Mad Dog ponders the excess of artifical intelligence already at large.
By The Masher, AlterNet. July 3, 2001. Media and Technology:This week from the Masher: Webbys Alive and Kicking ... How Do I Love Thee, BBC? ... White Male Conservatives on Fox ... Brugmann Basking with Egg on His Face.
By Lara Riscol, AlterNet. July 3, 2001. When it comes to profiting off sex, there's not much difference between pop stars like Madonna and desperate teen strippers -- except for subtlety and fortune.
By Jim Hightower, AlterNet. July 3, 2001. This July 4th, "Corporate America" flags were unfurled all over the country, with logos of IBM, GE, Nike, CBS, Texaco and other giants replacing the 50 stars.
By Jim Hightower, AlterNet. July 3, 2001. America's beer barons are demanding that the federal beer tax of about 25 cents a six pack be cut in half -- which might allow them to jack prices and pocket the profits.
By Knute Berger, AlterNet. July 3, 2001. First, Euro-Americans colonized the continent; now a 9,000 year old skeleton tempts some mythmakers to colonize the past.
By Mad Dog, AlterNet. July 3, 2001. Death is supposed to be a time of permanent rest, but even when you're dead no one wants to let you be. The Mad Dog laments plans to move the remains of Nixon's dog.
By Will Durst, AlterNet. July 3, 2001. History: C -- Confused Ancient History with Modern History.
Attidue: S -- Works well with others. Little Jimmy Jeffords excepted. $300 per person buyoff didn't hurt.
By Norman Solomon, AlterNet. July 3, 2001. Media and Technology:If George Orwell were alive today, he would deplore the deep patterns of indoctrination that undergo constant reinforcement in our society.
