| Living to teach
"To teach, whether it is your children at home or at a school, is wonderfully rewarding," both Linda and Larry Brunz enthusiastically remarked as we reminisced about their associations with athletics at Colorado State College which became the University of Northern Colorado.
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NEWSWEEK MEDIA LEAD SHEET/February 12, 2007 Issue (on newsstands ...
COVER: "The Girls Gone Wild Effect" (p. 40). Assistant Managing Editor Kathy Deveny and Associate Editor Raina Kelley explore whether there are any harmful long-term effects of overexposure to the antics of Britney, Paris and Lindsay; are we raising, in the words of one L.A. mom, a generation of "prosti-tots?" While a lot of parents worry about the effect of our racy popular culture, there is some good news out there. Measurable trend lines are headed in the right direction. The overall teenage pregnancy rate in 2002, the most recent available, is down 35 percent from 1990. And while celebrity idols stumble in and out of rehab, the rates of drinking, smoking and overall drug use among teenage girls have declined in recent years. Newsweek also examines the history of racy women and finds that Brit and company are nothing new.
Nancy Snow: Why I turned down Hustler
The phone rings. Larry Flynt's Hustler magazine wants me for a Q&A (not T&A) about all things propaganda. The editor is familiar with my books, knows me as a critic of the Bush propaganda machine.
I've been a propaganda scholar since before it was cool (pre-9/11), trudging along in the academic trenches after a stint with the now-defunct U.S. Information Agency during the Clinton years.
Hustler wants me to deconstruct political and corporate images in lay terms, somewhere between People and The Nation. I jump at any chance to explain to Americans how to view advertising and public relations of all stripes with a critical eye. But in Hustler?
The porn magazine pitches its appeal with a purr. Previously, it had published interviews with Jesse Jackson, Christopher Hitchens, Noam Chomsky, Greg Palast and, most recently, David Horowitz.
Siblings, torn over caring for mother, learn to work out differences
The glass exploded when it hit the pavement, sending horseradish into the air, where it mixed with Seattle rain and fell from the sky. It was then, after throwing a jar of my favorite condiment at my brother, that I knew I was really stressed. The smell lingered over my mother's Wallingford neighborhood for a week. This was shortly after I had moved back to Seattle from New York City, in part to help with the care of our then-94-year-old mother. I don't remember what we were arguing about that night, but our differences are usually about much or how little time I have to contribute to her care. I work one full-time and two part-time jobs (my brother, Sterling, is retired). I am alone, having been widowed twice (my brother has a partner). I have struggled financially (my brother owns two homes, in Belltown and Palm Springs).
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