It was designed in 1958 for use at a ban-the-bomb rally by Gerald Holtom, who said: "I drew myself . . . a man in despair . . . put a circle around it to represent the world." It's been used by lots of different …
Apparently, there's lots of it. Well, we all remember "Borat," and I can remember Oliver Reed and Alan Bates naked-wrestling in front of the fire in Ken Russell's version of the D.H. Lawrence film "Women in…
What do you think of this code ? The trouble with a speech code is... well, I hate speech codes! But aside from that general principle, what I foresee is endless argument about the meaning of the terms in the rules and how the ru…
Here 's an opinion piece in the Badger Herald by Robert Phansalkar, a UW student (majoring in political science and languages and cultures of Asia): The [“Think. Respect.”] program calls for university students to search for …
In the fight over the use of the Apple logo on iTunes. Good. Apple Computer chief executive Steve Jobs said: "We are glad to put this disagreement behind us. "We have always loved The Beatles, and hopefully we can now …
Nipping at your ankle. How funny that you keep showing up in the comments to present said ankle for a good shrew gnaw! UPDATE: This bitter shrew goes over there for a tasty bite of ankle. UH-OH: Dennis the Peasant declares a lo…
Adam Nagourney and Jodi Wilgoren paint an unflattering picture of John Kerry's management style in tomorrow's NYT. Most telling revelation: [Kerry] spent four weeks mulling the design of his campaign logo, consulting ass…
"Approachable ... Friendly ... Simple ... Fun ... Clean ... Vibrant ... Playful ... " Searching for a copiable TiVo logo, I came across TiVo's own guidelines for using its logo, which include rules about how you n…