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NCSF’s efforts in Addleboro were a form of what Kramer calls “group incident response.” In this case, NCSF associates talked to local leaders, the district’s attorney general and members of the media to try to spin the story in their favor. “People in the SM/Leather/Fetish community are being persecuted,” Kramer says. Action was necessary...

Author: By Kevin J. Feeney, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sadomasochism Comes Out of the Closet | 10/28/2004 | See Source »

...session that followed his speech, Westin said he believes that his warning “parallels” that of Jon Stewart to Tucker Carlson and Paul Begala on an October 15 episode of CNN’s Crossfire—that there’s just too much spin and not enough reporting...

Author: By Michael Chion, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Westin Blasts Opinion in Media | 10/26/2004 | See Source »

PetroChina is a spin-off of the China National Petroleum Company, which is involved in a more than $1 billion joint venture with the Sudanese government to boost that country’s oil production. Revenues from the venture are filling the coffers of the Sudanese regime, which the U.S. government says is guilty of genocide against its own people...

Author: By Daniel J. Hemel and Zachary M. Seward, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Endowment Tied to Sudan | 10/25/2004 | See Source »

...session that followed his speech, Westin said he believes that his warning “parallels” that of Jon Stewart to Tucker Carlson and Paul Begala on an October 15 episode of CNN’s Crossfire—that there’s just too much spin and not enough reporting...

Author: By Michael Chion, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Westin Blasts Opinion in Media | 10/25/2004 | See Source »

...least one faith, according to one of its best-known scholars, formalizes the idea of gene-based spirituality and even puts a pretty spin on it. Buddhists, says Robert Thurman, professor of Buddhist studies at Columbia University, have long entertained the idea that we inherit a spirituality gene from the person we were in a previous life. Smaller than an ordinary gene, it combines with two larger physical genes we inherit from our parents, and together they shape our physical and spiritual profile. Says Thurman: "The spiritual gene helps establish a general trust in the universe, a sense of openness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Is God in Our Genes? | 10/25/2004 | See Source »

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