A Closer Look

Ethics in Poverty? Ethics in Poverty?

By Anna M. Holloway Is buying a shirt a moral decision? For most of us, it would... 

Dialogue Session to Focus on Violence Against Women Dialogue Session to Focus on Violence Against Women

The Women’s Studies Program at the University of Oklahoma and The Xenia Institute... 

Cutting-Edge Technology and Age-Old Ethics Cutting-Edge Technology and Age-Old Ethics

A Social Theorist Wonders at the Octuplets Drama By Thomas J. Burns Professor of... 

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News and Analysis

News for July 3 News for July 3

Price Check on Health Care Global retail giant Walmart this week announced that it’s... 

News for July 2 News for July 2

He’s Good Enough, Smart Enough and Doggone It, People Like Him Points to those... 

News for July 1 News for July 1

The Long Goodbye By Pat Bagley/Salt Lake Tribune Iraqis began celebrating Tuesday... 

News for June 30 News for June 30

Coups and Courts edition Xenia News & Analysis, by the way, is a Michael Jackson... 

Bloggy Monday  |  LGBTQI Blogs Bloggy Monday | LGBTQI Blogs

The mainstream media doesn’t cover all the news that’s fit to print (or... 

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Voices of Xenia

It’s Not Black or White It’s Not Black or White

I haven’t been home this week, nor have I had much time to look at the television or Internet for news, but despite all this, I still haven’t been immune from the 24-hour coverage of Michael Jackson’s death. And while I intended to write this post as a plea to the mainstream media to just STHU about Jackson and get on to more important... [Read more of this review]

National HIV Testing Day National HIV Testing Day

Yesterday, June 27th was National HIV Testing Day, the culmination of testing week.  Cities across the country planned and executed events to test thousands of individuals for HIV, hoping to identify some of those who are unknowingly infected.  It’s a valuable annual event that can increase awareness and advocate for decreasing behaviors at... [Read more of this review]

A Digital Revolution? A Digital Revolution?

The events in the wake of the disputed Iranian elections have the world all a “Twitter.”  Literally.  News coming out of Tehran has returned the message based service from the passé of yesterday’s killer app to the forefront of the political sublime.  And of course, the debate begins: what role has Twitter played in the political unrest... [Read more of this review]

Living on the Edge Living on the Edge

I’m finally old enough to see history repeat. It’s not that I haven’t ever seen history repeat before, but that I am finally old enough to have thought deeply about events the first time I witnessed them and to remember those thoughts now as I watch them unfold anew. What’s bringing this on was an op-ed piece in The New York... [Read more of this review]

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