The hoofprints of Lucifer are everywhere. And since this is
America, eternally at war with the darker forces, the foremost Enemy Within
is sex, no quarter given. Some bulletins from the battlefront:
In February...
In February...
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13 February 2002
Call it another skirmish in the war on terror, which is
translating these days as more or less anything deemed unpalatable to social
harmony. Los Angeles school officials are pulling an edition of the Koran
from the district's libraries...
07 February 2002
Right till the end of January, Dita Sari, an Indonesian in her
late twenties, was preparing to fly from her home near Jakarta, Indonesia,
to Salt Lake City. She would bask Feb. 7 in the admiration of assorted
do-gooders and celebrities...
04 February 2002
There has always been a fundamental struggle for the "soul" of hip hop
culture, represented by the deep tension between politically-conscious and
"positivity" rap artists versus the powerful and reactionary impulses toward
misogyny,...
03 February 2002
The politics of hip hop culture took an important step forward recently with
the Russell Simmons-founded Hip Hop Summit Action Network's hosting of the
historic West Coast Hip-Hop Summit. Organized by Summit President Minister
Benjamin...
30 January 2002
Throwing the book at people is nothing new, but in our post 9/11
world, the screws are tightening. Take San Francisco, whose district
attorney, Terence "Kayo" Hallinan, has the reputation of being an unusually
progressive...
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