CHRISTOPHER J FALVEY'S THE VN/VO  |  LIQUID POLITICS


DESIGNED FOR TV: AMERICA'S NEW CULTURAL WELFARE STATE
LIFE AND HOW IT'S LIVED
After having my humble home re-designed for television, I realized the deeper meaning of a new trend in television: where the theme of voyeurism has been replaced by that of personal re-birth. As society's concept of success itself has become democratized, "achievement" has become deserved, and opulence can seemingly be found with little risk. Or can it? The unseen downside of this cultural movement may be quite perilous.



MEDIUM AND MESSAGE
SELLING INCLUSION: PARTISAN COMEDY AND THE DECLINE OF PERSONAL POLITICS

My recent trip to a Bill Maher show illustrates what this phenomenon of partisan comedy really means in the grand scope of politics, and how its helped change the political landscape. What I found was that the crux of our politics is moving from separate ideas to package-deal inclusion. What does this mean for the future of political thought?

MEDIUM AND MESSAGE
FRACTION OF A VISION: POLITICAL DOCUMENTARIES VS. MUNDANE REALITY

With the expansion of the importance of political documentaries on our culture, and conflict has arisen: the dichotomy between the sensational (and often treacherous) vision of the world as seen through this new media, and the realities of the mundane world of factual cause-and-effect. To the masses, life keeps getting worse and something must be done about it. Reality- though mundane- actually shows us something different.

Originally published in:
  > Irish American Post
  > East Valley Tribune (AZ)
LIFE AND HOW IT'S LIVED
WAR ON TERROR, WAR OF CULTURE

The war on terror, as it is presently constituted, will fail. Not because of a lack of military might or strategy, but rather because we're forgetting the one great weapon that has won all previous wars we've been involved in: our culture.

Originally published in:
  > The Seattle Times
  > Philadelphia Daily News
ECON/RECON
THE VALUE CHASM: FAKE PRADA HANDBAGS AND TERRORISM

We hear a lot about the connection between terrorism and the black market. But what really causes this? The issue at hand is a value chasm: where illogical thinking and irrational consumerism has caused us to value certain items far beyond reasonable, and thus a black market is created.






So, you've either read through every single word of the past six months of articles, or not one of the articles from the past six months interests you. Still- be it through gluttony or masochism- you want more? All righty, then: here is a a link to all articles older than six months.









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NEW ORLEANS, LA   |   MAR 2004
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