by Cliff Vaughn | Dec 9, 2003 | News
The Web site www.deadmaneating.com is revolting for the disrespectful way it deals with its subject, but the subject itself merits some thought. The Web address is a morbid play on words: Instead of the familiar “Dead man walking” refrain we associate with...
by Cliff Vaughn | Dec 8, 2003 | News
U2’s lead singer, Bono, will receive the King Center’s “Salute to Greatness” Award in January. The Atlanta-based King Center gives the award to “individuals and progressive corporations that exemplify excellence in leadership and have...
by Cliff Vaughn | Dec 3, 2003 | News
North Carolina taxpayers will spend more than $78 million on energy-bill giveaways in fiscal year 2004. If they dumped the giveaways, they could hire more than 1,500 elementary school teachers … or provide health care for upwards of 48,000 children … or buy 348 new...
by Cliff Vaughn | Dec 1, 2003 | News
Various singers took to a stage in Cape Town, South Africa, on Saturday to focus attention on Africa’s AIDS crisis. Headlining the concert was none other than U2 lead singer and AIDS activist Bono. Bono’s duet with R&B artist Beyonce Knowles drew much...
by Cliff Vaughn | Nov 26, 2003 | Opinion
“Timeline,” the latest Michael Crichton novel-turned-movie, lobs its story forth like the medieval catapults in the climactic battle: always vividly, if sometimes clumsily. Crichton’s story about a team of modern-day archeologists funneled through a...
