Violence

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Quake, Doom and blood lust
Violent games aren't a problem, says the computer gaming press -- while lovingly hawking the latest innovations in pixelated gore.
Guns and penises
American society's problem isn't firearms -- it's the sexually dysfunctional men and women who abuse them.
Web of doom
Post-Littleton, paranoid media pundits seem blind to the line between the computer screen and reality -- just like the killers.
The shooters and the shrinks
After Littleton, the media declared that studies show computer games lead to violence. What studies?
Another Littleton waiting to explode?
Death threats and an uncaring school system convince one mother to move.
The false trade-off
As New York struggles to rein in its police department, Boston brags about reducing crime and police brutality at the same time.
Gun smoke
Can the unprecedented legal challenge to gun manufacturers withstand the counterattack of the NRA and Bob Barr?
Genocide, and drug-trafficking too
The Guatemalan military's war against the Mayans has finally been documented, but the story of its role in the cocaine trade has yet to be fully told.
I'm gonna git you, suckhead
Wesley Snipes stars as the slick vampire-killer in 'Blade,' based on the first black Marvel Comics superhero.
Mrs. Cosby's racial paranoia
What right does a grieving mother have to blame American racism for the murder of her son by a Ukrainian immigrant?
Abstinence blues: Teen sex isn't always traumatic
Porn to be bad: Teaching college students about the dark side of sex
Media Circus: How not to get your head blown off
"The Gift of Fear" offers real, usable advice for real, threatening situations.
Media Circus: if it's Wednesday, a black film must be opening
Fearful of audience violence, movie execs have stopped opening "urban" films on Friday. But what qualifies as an "urban" film?
little monsters
The scariest aliens on the screen this summer are our teenage children.
breaking point
It's true, says one teenager -- teachers are being pushed over the edge by the savagery of their students.
Little Monsters
Youth advisor Nell Bernstein reviews the movie 'I87' starring Samuel L. Jackson and decides that the scariest aliens on the screen this summer are our teenage children.
Gun for the Whole Family
Mindlessly permissive parents are subjecting their kids to movies they're not ready for -- and don't want to see.
Should teachers let students into their lives?
An inner-city teacher reflects on the murder of New York teacher Jonathan Levin.
Media Circus: The Violence Channel.!
Tired of waiting for the next Fox planes-colliding epic? Wait no more! With The Violence Channel® [featuring the exclusive Violence Guarantee] it's all violence, all the time!
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