Sugar Editorial Picks
May 22, 2009 -
It seems fair for a store to make decisions about what it wants to sell. For example, if an owner of a small business opposes vulgarity, she might pass on selling CDs with explicit language.
When Wal-Mart, the largest record store in the country, refuses to sell an artist's record because it contains bad language and insists that it will do so only after the band has released an edited, "clean" version — this is de facto censorship, and, in my opinion, an abuse of corporate power.
- 26 Comments
Sep 26, 2007 -
N.H. Judge Rhymes Ruling To 'Green Eggs And Ham'
Court rulings have become the stuff of child's play. A New Hampshire inmate filed a lawsuit because prison officials will not feed him a kosher diet.
- 1 Comment
Jul 14, 2009 -
With nary a hill, Berlin is a great city to ride a bike in and with legalized prostitution, it's also a great place to ride a . . .
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Jun 17, 2009 -
The Daily Show faux reporter Jason Jones has traded in his green screen for the backdrop of election-time Iran. Footage recorded by the curly-haired hottie recorded for 10 days in late May and early June will air next week. For the segment called "Jason Jones in Iran: Access of Evil," not only did Jones attend a speech by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, he also interviewed an underground rapper and a feminist blogger.
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Jun 16, 2009 -
High school girls have many ways of punishing each other, the silent treatment being a classic tactic. But what about seniors marching through dorms with the precision of the gestapo, lining up freshmen, yelling at them, making them perform chores, and forcing them to count to 100 in German? It's not reform school — it's an annual ritual at Miss Porter’s, an all-girls boarding and day school in Connecticut where Gossip Girl-sounding names are as common as class rings.
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Apr 20, 2009 -
Want to stop climate change? Start by trying to fit into a pair of vintage bell bottoms.
A new study reveals that if the current world population was more like that of the 1970s (aka slimmer), there would be less pollution.
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