culturalshifts.com

theculturalcritic.blogspot.com

Criticism, Culture & Cinema: Just Egg or the Whole Pie? American Media and the Colombian Hostage Situation

http://theculturalcritic.blogspot.com/2008/01/just-egg-or-whole-pie-american-media.html

Criticism, Culture and Cinema. A beginner's blog focusing on cultural criticism, cinema and political economy. Thursday, January 10, 2008. Just Egg or the Whole Pie? American Media and the Colombian Hostage Situation. In an incident rarely so conspicuous, the mainstream American media was caught with egg on its face with regards to Venezuela. The background: Chavez has been involved in hostage negotiation with Colombia's FARC. For some time now. The belligerent government of Uribe. Trumpeted this delay -...

theculturalcritic.blogspot.com

Criticism, Culture & Cinema: February 2008

http://theculturalcritic.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html

Criticism, Culture and Cinema. A beginner's blog focusing on cultural criticism, cinema and political economy. Tuesday, February 19, 2008. Promise, Precaution and Preparedness: Obama and the Democratic Primary. In an era of political apathy, of short-termism, of the paternal state or corporation advocating some kind of mild social responsibility, the long-dormant core of American culture is returning with renewed vigor. Is history likely to repeat itself? So my conclusion is honestly more of a question, ...

theculturalcritic.blogspot.com

Criticism, Culture & Cinema: June 2007

http://theculturalcritic.blogspot.com/2007_06_01_archive.html

Criticism, Culture and Cinema. A beginner's blog focusing on cultural criticism, cinema and political economy. Tuesday, June 26, 2007. Left Politics Alive in Mainstream Popular Culture. It's nice to know now and then, when it feels like you are trapped like a beaver by an entire culture of furriers, that you have allies, despite the specific allegiance they may proclaim. Posted by Matthew Lymburner. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Left Politics Alive in Mainstream Popular Culture.

theculturalcritic.blogspot.com

Criticism, Culture & Cinema: June 2008

http://theculturalcritic.blogspot.com/2008_06_01_archive.html

Criticism, Culture and Cinema. A beginner's blog focusing on cultural criticism, cinema and political economy. Sunday, June 22, 2008. An Open Letter to the City of Ottawa. Anyway, let me get right to the meat:. You can read the white paper in question at the following link where you can, as a resident of the Ottawa area, or simply as an interested advocate of responsible, environmentally sustainable urban planning, contact the author and the city's representative on the issue. Posted by Matthew Lymburner.

theculturalcritic.blogspot.com

Criticism, Culture & Cinema: Hate Speech, the Rule of Law, and Human Rights Commissions

http://theculturalcritic.blogspot.com/2008/01/hate-speech-rule-of-law-and-human.html

Criticism, Culture and Cinema. A beginner's blog focusing on cultural criticism, cinema and political economy. Thursday, April 10, 2008. Hate Speech, the Rule of Law, and Human Rights Commissions. Some time ago, I saw an episode of TVO's. On "Free Speech and Human Rights Commissions" which spurred me to write a comment, mainly in response to other comments posted shortly after the show aired. You can see a list of these comments, as well as a blog posting by the producer which got them started. Hate Spee...

theculturalcritic.blogspot.com

Criticism, Culture & Cinema: April 2007

http://theculturalcritic.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_archive.html

Criticism, Culture and Cinema. A beginner's blog focusing on cultural criticism, cinema and political economy. Sunday, April 22, 2007. The Absence of the French Election in the North American Anglo Media. And indeed initial estimates place the voter turnout at around 84%, one of the highest in half a century. Thus, it is not for lack of significance that coverage is so limited. Posted by Matthew Lymburner. Friday, April 20, 2007. Deja Vu" - The Ultimate Sacrifice. Seeks to pry public opinion away from cr...

theculturalcritic.blogspot.com

Criticism, Culture & Cinema: An Open Letter to the City of Ottawa

http://theculturalcritic.blogspot.com/2008/06/open-letter-to-city-of-ottawa.html

Criticism, Culture and Cinema. A beginner's blog focusing on cultural criticism, cinema and political economy. Sunday, June 22, 2008. An Open Letter to the City of Ottawa. Anyway, let me get right to the meat:. You can read the white paper in question at the following link where you can, as a resident of the Ottawa area, or simply as an interested advocate of responsible, environmentally sustainable urban planning, contact the author and the city's representative on the issue. Posted by Matthew Lymburner.

theculturalcritic.blogspot.com

Criticism, Culture & Cinema: March 2008

http://theculturalcritic.blogspot.com/2008_03_01_archive.html

Criticism, Culture and Cinema. A beginner's blog focusing on cultural criticism, cinema and political economy. Thursday, March 13, 2008. Death of a Campaign. Will win the democratic primary, I repeat, Barack. Will win the democratic nomination. I didn't come to this conclusion by looking at the delegate numbers, or speculative assertions about super delegates. And certainly not by examining the poll numbers. Rather, it was by half-jokingly applying Elizabeth Kubler. Was not a force to be reckoned with.

theculturalcritic.blogspot.com

Criticism, Culture & Cinema: Promise, Precaution and Preparedness: Obama and the Democratic Primary

http://theculturalcritic.blogspot.com/2008/02/promise-precaution-and-preparedness.html

Criticism, Culture and Cinema. A beginner's blog focusing on cultural criticism, cinema and political economy. Tuesday, February 19, 2008. Promise, Precaution and Preparedness: Obama and the Democratic Primary. In an era of political apathy, of short-termism, of the paternal state or corporation advocating some kind of mild social responsibility, the long-dormant core of American culture is returning with renewed vigor. Is history likely to repeat itself? So my conclusion is honestly more of a question, ...