Archive for February, 2009
Finding a context for Utah’s love of online porn
0 Comments Published by les February 28th, 2009 in Communication, Community Dialogue, Politics, Salt Lake City.Harvard Business School’s Benjamin Edelman has published a study in a recent issue of the Journal of Economic Perspectives that raises some compelling questions:
“Do consumption patterns of online adult entertainment reveal two separate Americas? Or is the consumption of online adult entertainment widespread, regardless of legal barriers, potential for embarrassment, and even religious conviction?”
Edelman, an [...]
Plan-B’s ‘Block 8′ traverses the razor’s edge of racism and war with honest, realistic portrayals
0 Comments Published by les February 22nd, 2009 in Communication, Community Dialogue, Performing Arts, Salt Lake City, Theater.Editor’s Note: Peter Golub, a young gifted writer, editor and scholar whose work was the focus of a feature last month in The Selective Echo, is a guest reviewer for Plan-B’s current production of Block 8, a world premiere by playwright Matthew Ivan Bennett and director Jerry Rapier. The production continues to March 8 in [...]
Quicksilver rhetoric and the pragmatic response
0 Comments Published by les February 21st, 2009 in Communication, Community Dialogue, Current Events, Politics, Religion, Salt Lake City.Utah’s Chris Buttars is hardly alone in this country when it comes to his fiercely homophobic sentiments. Oklahoma’s Sally Kern easily can match Buttars word for word. In Georgia, State Representative Charlice Byrd has proposed legislation that would “purge” the state’s colleges and universities of faculty members engaged in sociology courses and research dealing with [...]
