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However, the finest business model, be it online or “bricks and mortar” cannot take root and flourish if it is expected to compete with somebody giving away the same product for free. It simply defies logic and the reality of basic economics. The average motion picture costs $102 million to make and market. If the illegal swapping of movies online is allowed to reach the levels that nearly devastated the music industry, who will invest such sums to create movies in the future...

Author: By Dan Glickman, | Title: Pirating films hurts profits, deincentivizes movie-making | 11/22/2004 | See Source »

...political rituals are so honored as overreading the results of an election. In the rush to explain this one, at least six myths have taken root...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Folklore of Election '04 | 11/22/2004 | See Source »

Albert is unhappy and he isn’t sure why. Sadly, we never care. The root of Albert’s malaise, I think, is that he has sold out. He has entered into a partnership with Huckabees, a chain of K-Mart-like stores, to throw some muscle behind his coalition to save a local wetland. Russell’s sly appropriation of American corporate-speak provide the best moments in the Huckabees script: therapy would be unbecoming for a corporate executive, so Brad rationalizes his sessions with “existential therapists” by insisting they...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Happening | 11/19/2004 | See Source »

Herbal remedies are touted as a cure for everything from the common cold to cancer and now even SAD. Some recommended products include fish oil capsules, St. John’s Wort, rhodolia root powder, ginger grass incense, bergamont oil and gingko biloba, all of which can be found at kalyx.com...

Author: By Jennifer P. Jordan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Here Comes the Sun | 11/18/2004 | See Source »

Cracking down on romantic relationships has not succeeded in clarifying what may be the root of the problem: the ill-defined and often divergent roles, rights and responsibilities of resident tutors...

Author: By Bari M. Schwartz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: No Room for Romance | 11/18/2004 | See Source »

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