Helen H. Moore's Blog, page 1079
June 21, 2015
We must call him a terrorist: Dylann Roof, Fox News and the truth about why language matters
This wasn't simply a hate crime or a senseless murder. It was targeted terror, and we need to discuss it that way
The energy revolution that has 1 percenters shaking in their boots
Director Shalini Kantayya talks to Salon about the incredible potential of solar power
Taylor Swift tells off Apple, withholds “1989″: “Three months is a long time to go unpaid, and it is unfair to ask anyone to work for nothing”
In an open letter on her Tumblr, she fights for fairness and musicians getting paid for their work
“Stage fright”: Mark Twain coined the term and gave Tom Sawyer a bad case of it
Everyone from Laurence Olivier to Pastor Rick Warren has suffered from stage fright. Here's how it works
Fox News can’t take a joke: The best comedy takedowns of blowhard conservatives
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert aren't the only comedians who know how to stick it to Roger Ailes & company
June 19, 2015
What Hillary can learn from the Roosevelts
Granddaughter Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on the enduring legacy of the New Deal -- and where we go from here
You won’t steal our music anymore: The fraction of a cent that saved the major labels
Watching rap videos with his grandson, a vilified music executive had an aha moment that changed everything
I don’t have to be a perfect dad: The gift I’m giving myself this Father’s Day
I worry too much about failing my kids and raising them exactly right. We all need the freedom to be "good enough"
Beyond “The Overnight”: 8 more great movies about swingers
Partner-swapping and four-gies pop up in dramas, farces, black comedy and more
Let that hateful flag fly: From George W. Bush to Lindsey Graham, a history of Republican support for the Confederate flag
It's a symbol of racial apartheid -- and much of the GOP can't bring itself to condemn the stars and bars
