... event, and people made a big deal on how that was inappropriate. Now, another aspect of American TV culture is violence. We all know that violence also sells, like sex. Violence is a major ... the more violence one TV show or even a commercial has, then it will sell well. Now isn't that bizarre? American culture shuns sex as if it is the plague, while they are so lax when it comes to violence. ...

I’ve always been interested in human culture and behavior, which is probably why I got (one of) my college degrees in anthropology. So it was especially fun to write learning to American culture in New York City for The Brooklyn Nomad. I thought a good old New York post would fit well with Andrew Hickey’s ...

... resulting in a court-ordered cap-and-trade system. It also could completely change American culture, with the court having a new basis upon which to declare constitutional rights to abortion, same- ... horse for everything except guns. It could remake America's economy and culture. That's why several conservative groups have weighed in with a brief asking the court to incorporate the Second ...

Most student orgs at UW-L bring students together for a common interest. The Latin American Student Organization is doing just that by inviting students of all different backgrounds to enjoy the Latin American culture. LASO has about 20 active members that organize different events around campus.

... Middle East and Latin America), 12% African-American, 3% Asian and about 1% Native ... slap on the back to show friendship. Corporate Culture In a country that prides itself on its individualism, companies are organized ... assume that a woman needs more time or more help than a man doing the same job. American women pride themselves on the number of responsibilities they take on. Do not assume ...

Image via Wikipedia A little history, Jewish socio-biblical culture and Xmas. David Brooks does find a way to mix things and deliver a mildly moral story. This time it’s about the Jewish seasonal celebration of Hanukkah and here is the telling excerpt form today’s NY Times column: Generations of Sunday school teachers have turned Hanukkah into the

... makes the Black Eyed Peas almost forgivable. We have two ongoing wars. We have our first black president and subsequent racial tensions. We have an economic mess. We have health care debates. We have American soldiers shooting each other in Texas. All this crazy change is in the air and the best these two idiots can offer our country is a song about taking pictures with a cell phone? Where ...

... The annual joint conference of the Popular Culture and American Culture Associations will be held in St. Louis, ... submissions from scholars of various disciplines. The Biography and Popular Culture Area will examine the connections between biography and popular ... full panel presentations regarding any aspect of popular culture and biography are encouraged. Potential topic might include: Biography ...

The Dread Disease: Cancer and Modern American Culture Publisher: Harvard University Press | ISBN: 0674216261 | ... , and individual reactions to it continue to reveal broader tensions within American society. Patterson examines responses to cancer by researchers ... pessimism of millions of Americans form a telling history of American social patterns. Whether the issue is smoking, pollution, or regular ...

Hedges talks about American culture in Austin - and in new book Austin American-Statesman "American Idol" scares him. The cult of Oprah scares him. Pro wrestling scares him ... an America so enraptured with image … Author warns of pageantry's perilsAustin American-Statesman all 2 news articles » Original Post By Google News Click ...

Here is an interesting question to ponder. Is the reason that Americans are such lousy savers due to the freedom that parents give to their kids as opposed to how children are raised in other countries? We aren’t told who we should marry, we aren’t told what job we should do, but we are also

Ryan Mcilhenny, books reviews of Scott Martin, Devil of the Domestic Sphere: Temperance, Gender, and Middle-Class Ideology, 1800-1860 and Izumi Ishii, Bad Fruits of the Civilized Tree: Alcohol and the Sovereignty of the Cherokee Nation in Journal of the Early Republic 29 (Spring, 2009):160-164.  McIlhenny is an assistant professor of history at Providence Christian College (Ontario, California).

The University of Nebraska at Omaha Kwanzaa Celebration Committee held its annual Kwanzaa celebration at the Milo Bail Student Center on Dec. 4, 2009. The committee is made up of Student Organizations and Leadership Programs, Circle of Brotherhood, Ladies of Various Ethnicity (L.O.V.E.), Phi Beta Sigma, National Council of Negro Women, Sigma Lambda Beta and

... a pagan religious festival) or Christmas - but they do all the "secular" parts. They attempt to justify this by saying it is not "really" a religious observance, or by saying that it's become an American cultural observance, or by saying that it's harmless fun for kids. They know it's wrong - well, many of them do - but they do it anyway. Why? So "the kids ...

... always had short fiction by good writers from all over the world. I would rather it had died than it suffer what she and her heirs subjected it to. Tina Brown took the great American institution and nearly turned it into People Magazine. Those who followed her have made it a mouthpiece for the DNC that on occasion has good writing inside. The woman has little to offer as a talking head. She ...