Social Contracts & Entitlements

What should be done to help the Big Three automakers?
By Frank Micciche — The crisis offers a rare (if expensive) opportunity to publicly rethink the social contract
Nov 21 2008, WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (WA TIMES)

Renew The Social Contract
By Manuel Garcia Jr. — A personal manifesto on the concept of social contracts
Nov 18 2008, NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (BLOOMBERG)

The Abandoned Children of Nebraska
By Karen Ball — Nebraska 'safe haven' law failed to define the word "child," teenagers now being abandoned at hospitals
Nov 15 2008, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, USA (TIME)

Please Don't Bring Your Teenager to Nebraska
By Ed Lavandera — Nebraska fears rush to drop off kids before safe haven law change
Nov 14 2008, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, USA (CNN)

The Social Contract and Constitutional Republics
By Jon Roland — A primer on the origins, duties and constitutional foundation of social contracts
1994, AUSTIN, TEXAS, USA (CONSTITUTION.ORG)

Mass Media

Tribune Co. files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
By Rainey & Hiltzik — Media giant Tribune Co. -- owner of the Los Angeles Times, KTLA-TV Channel 5 and other newspapers and TV stations -- filed for bankruptcy
Dec 09 2008, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA (LA TIMES)

CNBC Plans Big Cuts Despite Huge Ratings
By John Carney — Talking heads will roll as Bubblevision gets ready for 10% cuts
Dec 01 2008, NEW YORK, USA (CLUSTERSTOCK)

Are the Automakers Silencing Ad Supported Media Criticism?
By Ashkan Karbasfrooshan — If the media did not historically rely on the billions in ad dollars from carmakers, would their reporting on an industry bailout be more harsh?
Nov 24 2008, USA (SEEKING ALPHA)

Media meltdown
By Cal Thomas — More than the economy has melted down. What remains of big media credibility has also liquefied and won't recover anytime soon
Nov 05 2008, WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (WASHINGTON TIMES)

Who Owns the Media? The Big Six
By News Staff — The U.S. media landscape is dominated by massive corporations that, through a history of mergers and acquisitions, have concentrated their control over what we see, hear and read
2008, FLORENCE, MASSACHUSETTS, USA (FREE PRESS.NET)

Alternative Media & Internet

Censorship in the 21st Century: Targeting Intermediaries Legal Analysis
By Matt Zimmerman — Shutting down free Internet speech by targeting domain registrars and webhosts
Nov 21 2008, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, USA (ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION)

Religions

Moral Hazard - The credit crunch and financial meltdown show money is ‘nothing’
By Archbishop Cranmer — Moral hazard, love of Mammon may be root of all evil. But Pope reminds that evil and death never have the final word
Oct 07 2008, UK (ARCHBISHOP-CRANMER BLOGSPOT.COM)

NYC Churches Ordered Not To Shelter Homeless
By News Staff — As temperatures drop, city officials have ordered 22 New York churches to stop providing beds to homeless people
Nov 22 2008, NEW YORK, USA (CBS)

Globalization

The Great Iceland Meltdown
By Thomas L. Friedman — Globalization giveth, and globalization taketh away...
Oct 19 2008, NEW YORK, USA (NY TIMES)

Wall Street Meltdown Primer
By Walden Bello — Collapse stems ultimately from the crisis of overproduction that has plagued global capitalism since the mid-1970s - and the worst is not yet over
Sep 26 2008, NEW YORK, USA (GLOBAL POLICY FORUM)