Monthly Archives: April 2003

BBC chief attacks U.S. war coverage LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. broadcasters’ coverage of the Iraq war was so unquestioningly patriotic and so lacking in impartiality that it threatened the credibility of America’s electronic media, the head of the BBC says. … Continue reading →

AnomaLily :: Blogger Of Unusual Size Hmm…I’m an interesting news source? Excellent…I hear the BBC and CNN calling now. In that vein, here is some more interesting things. I have a very bad migrane. A teen-age athlete and her family … Continue reading →

Amidala! Growing up, Natalie Portman had a wonderful collection of dolls. “I remember them being very sexual,” Portman later recalled. “I don’t remember ever not having my dolls have sex with each other.” Indeed, despite her limited sexual understanding of … Continue reading →

There’s something remarkable about the Internet, and how you can find people. I was sitting at my desk, randomly clicking on MP3s, when I found a folder I didn’t recognize named “Adam Weiner”. I started listening, and noticed that the … Continue reading →

Pew Research: THE INTERNET AND THE IRAQ WAR In the first six days after hostilities began in Iraq, the Pew Internet & American Life Project joined with the Pew Research Center for The People & The Press to survey Americans … Continue reading →

Horace Walpole once said that “The world is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.” I don’t know if I disagree, but I think that sometimes it’s not that way – sometimes, it’s the … Continue reading →

I finally posted my thesis paper for International Marketing to the website. It’s available on the Publications page.

True story… My grandmother enters the house last night, and everyone stands up to greet her. She says “Everyone gets up when I enter the room! I feel like Saddam Hussein!”

game girl advance: Genderplay: Successes and Failures in Character Designs for Videogames As a woman who plays video games, I’ve had to think about gender in videogames, because it’s so obvious that I’m playing in a boys’ world. The late … Continue reading →

Japan Today Japan News – Commentary – U.S. media losing global respect – Japan’s Leading International News Network U.S. media losing global respectStephan Richter With his “preemptive” war against Iraq, U.S. President George Bush took a gamble of historic proportions. … Continue reading →