Posted by David | Filed under News & Politics

With local elections just around the corner, there are a ton of campaign advertisements and commercials around the city. As a new voter, I’m offended at the amount of ridicule and disrespect the candidates have for each other. There is hardly a better example of semantic noise than a rundown of your opponent’s life problems. Your time and space would be more well-spent by promoting your own work.

Read more | Comments (0) | November 3rd, 2002

Posted by David | Filed under Music, News & Politics

The Internet Debacle - An Alternative View by Janis Ian, Grammy Award-winning musician and columnist for Performing Songwrite Magazine.

The whole internet downloading issue with the music industry and the RIAA is getting out of hand. Imagine a world where you are restricted from making any copy of a CD, can only play music in one type of CD player or risk crashing your computer, and pay each time you listen to a song.

This has gone far beyond downloading MP3s illegally — it’s the biggest challenge to consumer rights since the advent of the VCR. I’ll try to post a full argument in the near future about the danger of the recording industry’s stance and possible solutions to rightly put both the artists and consumers back in control.

Read more | Comments (0) | October 22nd, 2002

Posted by David | Filed under News & Politics

An interview with two suicide bombers
Maybe it’s because of the sharp contrast in character, or the detailed description of being caught up in the terrorist war machine: this one article has really impacted the way I view the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Read more | Comments (0) | July 9th, 2002

Posted by David | Filed under News & Politics

Federal Court Rejects the Pledge of Allegiance

Read more | Comments (0) | June 26th, 2002

Posted by David | Filed under News & Politics

Mexico - 0, USA - 2. Quarter-Finals, here we come.

Read more | Comments (0) | June 17th, 2002

Many Happy Returns

Posted by David | Filed under News & Politics

Thanks to everybody who sent me a Happy B-Day message; yes I did enjoy the day, and no, I did not win the lottery. I did gain a brand-new, fully functional desk chair that I’m enjoying, though, which fits into Stage 2 of my room’s renovation. Still have yet to get that futon, though.

Decisions, decisions.

Read more | Comments (0) | October 30th, 2001

Happy Birthday, Mom!

Posted by David | Filed under News & Politics

That’s all.

Read more | Comments (0) | September 27th, 2001

A Day To Remember

Posted by David | Filed under News & Politics

Sometimes reality is worse than Hollywood.

Keep the faith, America — we’re all praying for you.

Read more | Comments (0) | September 17th, 2001

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