"Investigators found a strong connection between violent video games and the Columbine shootings, as well as other school shootings here in the U.S. and Europe. And while law enforcement has yet to determine what motivated the gunman in the Virginia Tech massacre the evidence on the influence of media violence continues to mount. Countless organizations including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Psychological Association have been warning for years about the desensitization that takes place when one is fed a continual media diet of death and destruction," explains Tomeo. Making a Difference in the Media

Firings Linked Is Attorney General Roberto Gonzales under fire for prosecuting pornography? Some administration critics say Gonzales fired eight U.S. attorneys as part of a Justice Department crackdown on obscenity. The firings sparked a political debacle for the Bush administration that has Gonzales fighting to keep his job. Critics Say U.S. Attorney Firings Were Linked to Anti-Porn Efforts

Family Concerns

• Child-Rape Images Proliferate on the Web
• Conjugal Economics
• Wanted: A culture of self-defense Conference on Pornography & Pop Culture
• Why is Florida so interested in prosecuting people who hand out Bibles?
• Video: Meet the Leader of the Center for Arizona Policy
• Hugh Hefner gives $2,300 to Clinton’s ’08 campaign
• The Culture and Media Institute (CMI) unveiled its first Special Report, “The National Cultural Values Survey: America: A Nation in Moral and Spiritual Confusion,” at a press conference today at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.