Cut it out!
x Project Censored’s annual review of the news that didn’t make the news in 1996. George Lucas wasn’t the only one banking on a “Star Wars” revival this year. The Clinton administration has revived its own version of Star Wars by investing $3 billion annually into the Reagan/Bush administrations’ coveted space program. As conceived by…
Doing unto others
Time for the Hightower “Gooberhead” Award, presented periodically to those whose tongues do not seem to be connected in any way to their brains. Today’s awardee: Al Dunlap. Yes, he’s the notorious “Chainsaw Al,” known for taking-over corporations, severing thousands of employees from their jobs and walking away with millions of dollars in personal profits.…
Hospital vote makes architect sick
It’s going to be the best hospital on the planet. The 60-bed, gold-plated facility, designed by the famous Disney architect Robert A.M. Stern and sprawling over 260,000 square feet, will serve the residents of Celebration with such non-hospital amenities as a gym and cutting-edge wireless technology. The lobby will look like a 1930s Mediterranean resort.…
In the park, it’s car wars
This is a story about nothing. There is no problem, there was no problem and, as is usually the case hereabouts, there isn’t going to be a problem. “The new signs have solved it,” says Sara Van Arsdale, director of the Orange County Historical Museum. This problem — er, short-term issue, which has been totally…
In God they don’t trust
The Baptists are going! The Baptists are going! Yes, yes, it’s old news, but no one seems concerned that the Baptists are going to stay away in droves from all Disney products. Soon you will overhear the following at your local Blockbuster: “But Mommy, I really, really want to see that video!” “Now, son, you…
