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That may seem like common sense to people disgusted with what they regard as gratuitous sex and violence in the media, or the promulgation of "bad attitudes;" the notion that speech must have redeeming social value in order to be protected is enshrined in the Supreme Court's definition of obscenity and reflected in demands to regulate popular entertainment. But civil libertarianism, which, I admit, many consider the opposite of common sense, reflects a belief that speech has not just instrumental but normative value, as an academic might say: In other words, we have not just a constitutional right...
...recent years, Hollywood has had difficulty finding five best-film nominees and five best-female actor nominees. While the former category is still weak, this year there were more than enough candidates for best female actor. Some female studio executives regard this increase in good women's roles as a mere fluke and not the sign of a shift in Hollywood. Others cite the increase in women directors, producers and executives, as well as the influence of stars like Emma Thompson and Nicole Kidman, who were pivotal in creating "Sense and Sensibility" and "To Die For." Note, however, that three...
...Everybody loves a winner and in that regard I think both students and employers like to be associated with the best and in that way it could have an indirect effect on employment," Murphy said...
...like him, bashing NAFTA and GATT, while Forbes spends like him, powering his campaign with his own plentiful cash. And both of them claim the status of political outsider that was crucial to Perot's strength four years ago. For a man with the Texas billionaire's robust self-regard, it can't be much fun to watch stand-ins play the role he wrote for himself...
...with regard to Germans' violation of Jews' humanity that I consider analogous to White slavocracy's violation of Blacks' humanity, Jeffery Vanke is equally shallow, though with a pseudo-veneer of reflectiveness. Witness Jeffrey Vanke's comments like--"I am sorry for slavery like I am sorry for the Holocaust (no family connections there)," and like--"...the Holocaust was very foreign to this Southerner [Jeffrey Vanke] who knew no Jews until...