By Jeremy Lucas | Editorial
Over the Holidays, I kept seeing a word “SOPA” being used by various tech, news and media people that I follow via various social networks, but since it was the holidays, I was too lazy to follow-up and find out what it actually was. And even though it was a pretty important piece of legislation
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By Jeremy Lucas | Investigation, Media, Politics
First, some history for the sake of context. Starting in Winston-Salem, NC in 1879, Wachovia was a North Carolina staple of banking. If you live in the state and want the biggest frequency of ATMs, you simply go with Wachovia. Basically, a lot of people in North Carolina called Wachovia their bank. For a while,
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By Jeremy Lucas | Investigation, Media, Politics
The Facebook event says some 200 people are going to be there to Occupy Boone. I arrive and maybe 50 are there, with another 30-50 arriving by the time we actually start marching. The weather, to put it lightly, is miserable. 35 degrees, and rainy. It’s also a Friday, which means that everybody has the
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By Jeremy Lucas | Investigation, Media, Politics
My cousin in the Bronx, he knows everyone. And he said start the revolution without me, I’ll definitely be at the next one.” – Kaiser Chiefs Last week, as a college Senior, I realized something. I’d never protested before. After all, it seems that all great college experiences and great moments of history involve a
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By Jeremy Lucas | Commercials, Media
MoveOn.org has always been known as being a little “out there,” but with their latest video really does take things to a whole new level. I’m pretty sure the ad was intended for humor, but “House” star Olivia Wilde just doesn’t convey sarcasm or humor very well. Essentially, the point one could take away from
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