16 workers killed per day, thoughts on Ft. Hood, ‘Precious’ and other letters to the editor
It is time to change the feeble and antiquated rules that fail to protect workers on the job. Sixteen workers are killed a day in the United States because of reckless negligence on the part of their employers.
‘Good Hair’: About us but not for us
Documentary films are often powerful in doing what typical mainstream media outfits can't: accidentally reveal truths.
‘District 9’ — profoundly racist
What D. W. Griffiths did to U.S. history in his technically magnificent but thematically racist "Birth of a Nation," Neill Blomkamp does to Africa in the profoundly racist "District 9."
The next nasty attack from the right
The discussion - if one can call it that - of global warming is going to be painful, particularly if the make-Obama-fail crowd has its way.
