Mass media outlets routinely ignore important subjects if they require more explanation than the 15 second attention spans they believe consumers are capable of sustaining.
2004 already looks fun. Dangerously adaptive diseases threaten the lives of people and animals at home and abroad, this decade’s civil war is afoot in Haiti while the sporadic yet unyielding procession of death continues to trickle out of Iraq.
Score another victory for the homosexuals. Three days ago, a Massachusetts court struck down a law prohibiting marriage between members of the same sex.
It was the summer of 1984. A decade into life on this planet, my friends and I were enamored with the likes of Duran Duran and Depeche Mode, played with cool toys that were More Than Meets the Eye, and mainlined sugar from the futuristic looking Capri Sun.