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Monthly Archives: November 2007

When Writers Strike

28-Nov-07

There’s a writer’s strike going on. I’m not a member of the Writer’s Guild of America (a labor union that represents film, television and radio writers), but I support their cause.
One of their main grievances is that they’re not properly compensated through residuals for DVD sales, and now they also want to make sure they’re [...]

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Unmentioned But Not Unthinkable

14-Nov-07

This week’s Disturbing Quote comes from last Sunday’s New York Times Week in Review (Nov. 11, 2007). The article was called So, What About Those Nukes? It was concerned with the disposition of Pakistan’s 55-115 nuclear weapons. General Musharraf had declared a state of emergency and was clinging to power with political demonstrations and near-rioting [...]

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