DATING PINOCCHIO

"You want the truth? You can't handle the truth."
by Hector
I'm talking about the ladies on this one. Whenever two people begin the ritual of introducing themselves to one another, that is, two people who are in the early stages of a romantic relationship, they're both confronted with a crucial and common decision: how much about myself will I (or should I) reveal to this person?

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FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY

by Hector
American culture pumps our minds with this supreme notion of individual achievement, and the powers that be are very clear on what they expect from us in this area. Worldwide, achievement has a very diverse meaning, which can focus on family and other relationships, professional careers, education, fame, fortune, respect... the list goes on and on.

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NATURAL BORN CHEATERS

by Hector
As the saying goes: "Men are from Mars, and women are from Venus." This age-old adage cuts to the very essence of the relationship and interaction between man and woman. I've heard it said a few times that if there is other intelligent life in the universe observing Earth from afar, they might certainly be led into believing that men and women are two different species of animal. We think differently. We feel differently. We're built differently. And we even talk completely different languages.

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SHIT FOR BRAINS

by Hector
The world is filled with distractions, like those new stuffed-crust Digiorno pizzas with the garlic-bread-flavored crust. And these distractions are working too!

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THE NEW COLOR LINE

PART I - THE TRAIN RIDE

by Hector
The term color line used to mean something distinctly different than I see it today. The colors were (and I guess still are): white, black, brown, yellow, and red. Obviously there are a bunch of possible combinations out of these distinctions, but in this country, these are our primary colors.

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PAKISTAN: THE DOUBLE STANDARD

by Hector
This past weekend one of the United States' most important allies in the fight against terrorism suspended constitutional law in order to suppress "radical threats" (what Christian Republicans call "Democrats"). I'm of course talking about our good ol' pal Pakistan, the same country that's harboring the world's most wanted criminal Osama bin Laden and is threatening to spark World War III against our other ally India, both of whom have nuclear weapons.

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STEPHEN COLBERT FOR PRESIDENT? WHY NOT?

by Hector
Good grief. Stephen Colbert may no longer be running for President of the United States of America in 2008 but not by his own choice.

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2007 MIDWEST SOCIALIST CONFERENCE

Opposing War & Empire
Nov. 3-4
University of Illinois- Chicago
750 S. Halsted
Registration begins at 9am

THEATER REVIEW: "THE COOK"

by Becky
Walking into a theater is always exciting to me. An expectation of what the director has brewed up and how much I will like the show. This time I walked in and it smelled like food. Food? I got paranoid because I had just eaten the greasiest cheeseburger in Chicago. But no, it wasn't me. It was just the smell of food. A smell that soon transformed into a story.

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