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...many thoughtful commentators do not believe the ad was racist. It obviously contains arguments to which some African-Americans may object, and voicing these arguments is not politically correct. But there is a difference between political incorrectness and racism. Horowitz's ad says nothing that promotes prejudice or entrenches stereotypes of racial inferiority. What, then, makes the ad racist? Was it immediately condemned simply because it was controversial...

Author: By Jason L. Steorts, | Title: Assaulting Free Speech | 3/13/2001 | See Source »

...certainly seems fairly likely, since so many students were infected," he said. "We are investigating House-wide, and I am confident that they can correct the problem quickly...

Author: By Nicole B. Usher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cabot Experiences Weekend Outbreak of Stomach Illness | 3/13/2001 | See Source »

...supposedly liberal organizations try to restrict the rights of artists such as Eminem, they gag on their own hypocrisy. Ironically, Eminem is a poster-boy of modern liberalism. Organizations such as NSVRC or GLAAD are in effect saying that the public is too stupid to form an intelligent (read: correct) view on the subject, so it needs to be protected. Meanwhile, Eminem upholds his freedom, even in his lyrics: "Cuz every time I want a rhyme/these people think it's a crime/to tell 'em what's on my mind--I guess I'm a criminal...

Author: By Emma R.F. Nothmann, | Title: Free Speech at the Grammys | 3/12/2001 | See Source »

...example, the EZ Detect home colon-cancer-screening test. The packaging promises "a simple home test for detecting the early warning signs of colorectal disease." It's anything but. When customers open the $7.99 kit, they must make their way through a lengthy instruction sheet to learn the correct procedure for dropping a sequence of tissues into the toilet bowl to test for blood in the stool. The smallest error--such as leaving the tissue in the commode for an extra 30 seconds--can cause dramatically inaccurate results. In any event, blood in the stool is only one of many...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do It Yourself? | 3/12/2001 | See Source »

...night. So was Dick Cheney. So were 60 commuters in Portugal. The dolphin tale was heartwarming, but should it have prevented us from hearing about these other issues? Just like hundreds of others across the country, network executives in West Palm Beach had to make a choice. Were they correct in deciding that a police officer with a leg wound was really more newsworthy than a vice president with heart problems...

Author: By Anthony S.A. Freinberg, | Title: Editor's Notebook: When No News is Bad News | 3/9/2001 | See Source »

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