Short Takes: News From All Over: December 9, 2004

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A Mania Called Horse
By Radley Balko, Reason
What's cheap, fun, and feels like heroin? Everything, according to that relentless breed of public watchdog that isn't shy about comparing masturbation, gambling, and even cheese to America's most notorious opiate. Learn how the media has painted us as a nation of addicts. But be careful: reading articles on the Internet might be the new heroin. -- Brendan Themes
http://www.reason.com/hod/rb120604.shtml

Wikinews
By Staff, Wikimedia Foundation
Tired of having your news filtered by the corporate media? Join the dot-communist revolution at Wikinews, a collaborative information source where up-to date data is submitted and moderated by the Internet community. Original reporting is encouraged, and the usual talking heads will find no quarter with the site's policy of strict neutrality. -- Brendan Themes
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page

Cartoon Skeletal Systems
By Michael Paulus, MichaelPaulus.com
You may know the story behind your favorite cartoons, but do you know the story under them? The beauty of cartooning isn't skin deep at Michael Paulus' Skeletal Systems gallery, where the bones of Charlie Brown, Buttercup, and Betty Boop change the wholesome and familiar into the exotic and strange. -- Brendan Themes
http://michaelpaulus.com/gallery/character-Skeletons

Wal-Mao
By Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect
Wal-Mart is allowing its Chinese workers to unionize, a right it staunchly denies their American counterparts. This puzzling decision is more Machiavellian than altruistic: Chinese unions bear little resemblance to American unions, serving more as tools of labor control than of worker empowerment. -- Brendan Themes
http://tinyurl.com/7ywsa

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