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The writers of our favorite TV shows were not asking for the 34 million dollars that some Hollywood CEOs are making when they went out on strike in 2008. They just want to be fairly compensated for what is often an 80 hour a week – the results of which we enjoy.

From his iconographic Pop inspired characters to his limited edition of vinyl toys, his OriginalFake shop in Japan, Times Square billboards and more, KAWS seems less of an “Outsider” artist and more about bringing people into the art world experience.

Despite her handicap – suffered as a result of a car accident, this reporter hopes to be an inspiration and exchange fear and prejudice for respect and understanding.

By Michael Bradley, Washington – September 2006
            Bobby McFerrin’s 1988 hit, “Don’t Worry, Be Happy,” put to music a view that has long been engrained in American culture: people should be happy.  But what exactly does being happy mean?  Arguably being happy is the great modern commandment – Madison (advertising) Avenue tells us happiness is [...]

– “[General Anthony Zinni likens the United States to an 800-pound gorilla in a small room and notes that everybody feels the country’s every movement.” Zach Ruchman

“While some might argue that testing survival abilities of the gamer who must get water for his refugee camp without being captured, mutilated or killed by the Janjaweed militia, trivializes a dire and desperate situation, Sawyer says the game allows people to understand a reality they otherwise wouldn’t.” Satya Patel

With no end to the writers’ strike in sight, viewers of The Daily Show ‘can’t get no (political) satisfaction.’ But weary souls downtrodden by a lack of humor in domestic and international now have reason to rejoice! Voices brings you Daily Show comedian Rob Riggle just in time for the holidays. While his segments live from Iraq may be in reruns, our exclusive interview with Riggle is a fresh gift for you.
……….Here’s hoping Jon Stewart, Rob Riggle and friends are back on the air very soon.

20 years after the debut of The Cosby Show, the dreams of many African American and Latino youth have come true. Yet for others who got ‘stuck at the bottom’ life is not remotely like Dr. Clifford Huxtable’s. Bill Cosby’s and Dr. Alvin Poussaint’s prescription to end modern day racism.

College fraternities don’t exactly have a reputation of being a learning ground for empathy – yet members at one of Sigma Phi Epsilon’s fraternities learned exactly what it means to be human beings connected to one another –indeed to be fraternity brothers.

Sure it’s hard to be number 1 in the world of sports. It takes grit, hours of practice and a lot of heart. Track star Marion Jones had a couple of these qualities but apparently she lacked self respect and she forgot why she was an athlete in the first place.