Pop Culture & the Entertainment Industry

	Mike Dodaro The Folly of Trying to Outdo Wagner January 2002
	New Oxford Notes The Alchemy of Consumption December 2001
	New Oxford Notes Immigrants: America's Hope? November 2001
	Jack Taylor Smoke If You Must, But Get Rid of That Execrable TV September 2001
	Wayne Lela Needed: Warning Labels On Television Sets June 2001
	Michael Medved Homosexuality & the Entertainment Media June 2001
	New Oxford Notes "Crime Must Not Go Unpunished" - Or Was That "Unpaid"? March 2001
	New Oxford Notes Feminism in the Service of Exploitation January 2001
	David C. Stolinsky The Inalienable Right to Be Entertained September 2000
	New Oxford Notes Workers of the World, Unite! - In Front of the Boob Tube January 2000
	Wayne Lela Power, Money, Deals, Drugs & Bimbos October 1999
	Allan C. Carlson In the "Culture of Clinton": A Time for Defiance May 1999
	Wesley D. Avram Mother Teresa, Princess Diana, & the Media November 1997
	James K. Fitzpatrick Can Teenagers Survive Marilyn Manson? November 1997
	Mitchell Kalpakgian Why the Entertainment Industry Is Bad for Children March 1996
	Will Hoyt TV, Computers, & the Gnostic Grail October 1996

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Germany
The Catholic Church in Germany has issued tougher guidelines on the handling of reports of sex abuse in an attempt to prevent further cases being covered up.

Washington
The Diocese of Spokane is broaching a consequence of its bankruptcy once thought unthinkable: the sale of churches to pay victims of clergy sex abuse.

Italy
Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi's visit to Rome to mark the second anniversary of a friendship treaty with former coloniser Italy stumbled into controversy after he said Europe should convert to Islam.

Ireland
Cardinal Sean Brady, the Archbishop of Armagh, quashed rumors circulating in clerical circles that he had offered his resignation to Pope Benedict.

Belgium
The former head of the Catholic Church in Belgium tried to stop a victim of sex abuse from going public with their story, Church officials have confirmed.

Philippines
At least three people were wounded after unidentified men tossed grenades Sunday during a Mass inside a Catholic Church in the southern part of the country.

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