Starting with 1980s and Reagan administration’s philosophy of easing restrictions on all businesses, big media companies became bigger. Bill Clinton’s administration continued this push towards deregulation which culminated in Congress approving in 1996 a new media law known as the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The bill was passed ostensibly to usher in new competition, which […]
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Bob Dylan and the Ethics of Market Fascism
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/21853-bob-dylan-and-the-ethics-of-market-fascism Bob Dylan and the Ethics of Market Fascism Saturday, 15 February 2014 09:29By Tony Kashani, Truthout | Op-Ed (Photo: William Claxton / Photopedia)Come senators, congressmen, Please heed the call Don’t stand in the doorway Don’t block up the hall For he who gets hurt Will be he who has stalled There’s a battle outside And it is […]
AMERICAN SOCIETY & BIOETHICS
Americans live in a society that strives for an ideal democracy. It fosters freedom of speech and freedom of movement. Our society is also quite complex, comprised of people with different cultural, educational, economical, religious, moral, and ultimately philosophical backgrounds. Now you take all of these differentiations and integrate them together, what do you get? An […]
KANT, QUANTUM REALITY PARADIGM & THE INTERNET!
Lately in my inquiry into the ways in which the Internet is shaping our reality I have been comparing Kant’s philosophy vis-à-vis quantum physics and what it ushers into our consciousness as a possible reality. Of course, as most historians of philosophy will agree, we owe Kant’s influential perspectives to David Hume’s challenge to classical […]
Notes on Backlash Against Feminism in Hollywood Since Reagan
SOME NOTES ON REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD SINCE REAGANISM By Tony Kashani 1. The mainstream American cinema is a complex medium, which is an integral part of a cultural system owned and operated by a handful of conglomerates. I will hereafter refer to this medium as Hollywood. Moreover, I will be looking at a […]