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Where Are the Riots?

By Saxon Baird - Jan 12th, 2009 at 5:01 pm

You’ve probably heard by now, but in Oakland, 22-year-old Oscar Grant of Hayward, California was shot and killed by a BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit)…

Music NOT to Look Forward To in 2009

By Saxon Baird - Dec 17th, 2008 at 5:00 pm

Hoobastank

Making list of releases to come out the following year is stupid. Think about it: the biggest new band of 2009 is someone you…

Call in Gay Tomorrow

By Saxon Baird - Dec 9th, 2008 at 4:01 pm

Comedian and trainer Sean Hetherington has launched a web site encouraging those in the LGBT community and allies to call in  “gay” to work tomorrow,…

Bjorn Borg Wants You to Love

By Saxon Baird - Dec 4th, 2008 at 1:58 pm

A new ad released by Bjorn Borg reveals that the Swedish-born former tennis great is dedicated to providing “Love for All”:

The ad is a…

Really, New York Post?

By Saxon Baird - Nov 20th, 2008 at 12:27 pm

The Dow drops below the 8,000 mark, New York City Police are currently in a clash with the federal government over surveillance rules, Madonna and…

Perspective

By Saxon Baird - Nov 5th, 2008 at 4:34 pm

Like many of us, I was in awe of the symbolic and historical significance of Barack Obama’s election as our 44th president last night. However,…

Working Through Oregon’s Racism

By Saxon Baird - Sep 26th, 2008 at 10:16 am

A life-size effigy of Barack Obama was found hanging from a tree Tuesday morning on the Oregon campus of George Fox University. The cardboard cut-out…

Is Suicide Post-Modern?

By Saxon Baird - Sep 15th, 2008 at 6:03 pm

Hearing of American literature’s post-modern guru David Foster Wallace’s death by hanging, I couldn’t help but contrast his choice to take his own life with…

School Bus Advertising

By Saxon Baird - Sep 15th, 2008 at 4:18 pm

Michigan school children may soon be regularly exposed to advertisements on their school buses according to Advertising Age:
A number of the state’s cash-strapped school…

Michael Phelps loves Young Jeezy

By Saxon Baird - Aug 27th, 2008 at 11:48 am

According to an article in The New York Times last week, Michael Phelps cites southern rapper Young Jeezy as one of his top eight influences:…

The Olympic Village: Like a Regular Ol’ Brothel

By Saxon Baird - Aug 22nd, 2008 at 2:45 pm

Put together a bunch of people in their early- and mid-twenties who are fit, share similar goals and passions in a controlled area and what…

Favela Painting

By Saxon Baird - Aug 21st, 2008 at 4:11 pm

Dutch artists Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn have started a project titled “Favela Painting” where they work with local youth to create murals in the…

Rielle Hunter: Game Show Contestant

By Saxon Baird - Aug 20th, 2008 at 5:39 pm

Rielle Hunter: hippy, documentarian, seductress of high-profile politician John Edwards, and… game show contestant? An anonymous source just tipped us off that Rielle Hunter once…

BREAKING: Lieberman to Speak at GOP Convention

By Saxon Baird - Aug 20th, 2008 at 10:59 am

The Huffington Post just reported that a Republican official speaking on anonymity has reported that Democrat -turned-Independent-turned-??? Joe Lieberman of Connecticut will speak at the…

Rick Warren: An Evangelical that Progressives Can (Maybe) Be Okay With

By Saxon Baird - Aug 19th, 2008 at 4:53 pm

Over the last two weeks a number of publications have taken up the task at examining the anomaly that is evangelical pastor Rick Warren, who…