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Air America Arrives in Seattle - KPTK 1090 AM

On Monday, October 25th Seattle awoke to find 1090 AM — its quirky "Classic Country" radio station — replaced by Air America, the Left’s answer to the AM dial’s monoculture of angry right-wing talk. With the election only days away, I was curious to he... [More]

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Ross Palmer Beecher, Radio Flyer; On the Edge Sculpture Invitational, Harbor Steps

Controversy erupted in downtown Seattle last Thursday when Harbor Properties threatened to remove Ross Palmer Beecher’s sculpture Radio Flyer from the On the Edge Sculpture Invitational it sponsored at Harbor Steps, one block south of the Pike Place Market and across the street from t... [More]

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Gay Marriage: The Phantom Menace

This week, conservative Republicans in the U.S. Senate attempted to force a vote on a constitutional amendment that would declare the institution of marriage off-limits to same-sex couples. While there was much indignant and hysterical talk about the threat gay marriage posed to heterosexua... [More]

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Posted on July 18, 2004 17:30 by Jim Demetre
Tags: religion, republican, homosexuality
Categories: national news | politics
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What's the Matter with Kansas?

What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America by Thomas Frank While everyone would probably agree that U.S. politics have been increasingly dominated by conservatives over the last twenty years, it is surprising that few authors have bothered to explor... [More]

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Posted on July 18, 2004 12:49 by Jim Demetre
Tags: republican, conservatives
Categories: national news | politics
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The Corporation

A few weeks ago I got a chance to see The Corporation, the new documentary that has received so much critical acclaim and positive word of mouth. The premise of the film — that corporations allow individuals within them to operate with immunity from the moral and ethical principles th... [More]

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Posted on July 16, 2004 08:31 by Jim Demetre
Tags: film
Categories: media art and cinema | politics
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Howard Dean in Seattle: Democracy for America Campaign Launch

On Thursday, March 18, I went to the Westin Hotel to hear Howard Dean launch his new political organization — Democracy for America — out from under the rubble of his recent failed presidential campaign. I had been a Dean supporter, going to my Democratic precinct caucus to vote... [More]

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In Print: Anthropologist Franz Boas

I just read the New Yorker article on the anthropologist Franz Boas. It was interesting to read about how the scientific community was, at that time, dominated by men who were willing to distort objectivity to push racist social agendas that affirmed the power of ruling elites. It cast an interest... [More]

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Posted on March 13, 2004 13:31 by Jim Demetre
Tags: racism, homosexuality
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Air America Arrives in Seattle - KPTK 1090 AM

Ross Palmer Beecher, Radio Flyer; On the Edge Sculpture Invitational, Harbor Steps

Gay Marriage: The Phantom Menace

What's the Matter with Kansas?

The Corporation

Howard Dean in Seattle: Democracy for America Campaign Launch

In Print: Anthropologist Franz Boas