I recently learned about an animated series called Red vs Blue that pokes fun at modern video game culture, particularly one of my favorite games: Halo. It is hysterical for those who play the game. The BBC did a story about the online series. Here’s an excerpt: A group of writers, performers and gamers in …
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Should Peace Corps Volunteers retain first amendment rights?
Last month PeaceCorpsOnline.org ran a story about a group of 60 Peace Corps volunteers in the Dominican Republic who had planned a peace demonstration at the US Embassy against US policy in Iraq in March and asked RPCVs to comment on whether Peace Corps Volunteers retain first amendment rights while serving overseas to protest actions …
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Bloggers Gain Libel Protection
Wired News: Bloggers Gain Libel Protection “The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last Tuesday that Web loggers, website operators and e-mail list editors can’t be held responsible for libel for information they republish, extending crucial First Amendment protections to do-it-yourself online publishers. Online free speech advocates praised the decision as a victory. The ruling …
Cameron works on Fish Bowl
My brother, Cameron, recently got a job as the director of photography for a film called Fish Bowl. According to it’s site: “Fishbowl” is a new dramatic short film to be directed by award-winning director Kayo Hatta. To be shot on location in Hawaii this coming August 2003, the story is based on excerpts from …
Protest at the Peace Corps
Interesting news. After reading Peace Corps Online’s “Protest at the Peace Corps” story, I placed a little post at the end telling others about my experience with the Peace Corps.” I wrote: Guyana’s Country Director Earl Brown (2002 � 2004) has twice sent volunteers home for expressing their first amendment rights. In August 2002, I …