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...Even in the regulated Dutch sex industry—prostitution was legalized nearly nine years ago in this country, in October 2000??sex workers have to be at least 18 years of age in order to legally work in brothels and behind windows. Through the course of my research on the situation over the past two weeks, I discovered intense opposition among a slew of Dutch academics, women’s rights advocates, and former prostitutes to a recent proposal to increase the age standard for sex workers from...
...like most of her gambles, Buttner’s unorthodox career choice paid off. She soon went on to host The Money Club at CNBC before moving to Fox in 2000??but not without a major pitstop along the way. While reporting a story on female motorcycle riders in 1988, Buttner decided she had to learn how to ride in order to better understand her subjects...
American political leaders have rightly painted today’s conference at Annapolis as the greatest hope for Middle East peace since 2000??s ill-fated Camp David. Yet for all the lip service paid to peace in the Middle East, few in America’s Jewish or Muslim communities seem ready to acknowledge that successful dialogue demands more than the criticism and finger pointing that has come to define it of late. The result has been a discourse marked by superficial overtures to cooperation masking deep-seeded intransigency.True compromise requires introspection, mutual respect, and?...
...year, knowing that esteemed British actress Miranda Richardson will be playing Mrs. Claus might just make the difference. “Fred Claus,” however, isn’t “Shrek.” Or “Toy Story.” Or even 2000??s “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” To be blunt, “Fred Claus” simply lacks creativity. Sure, the basic concept differs from most. Fred Claus, played by Vince Vaughn, is the estranged brother of the more famous, more rotund...
...greatest storytellers. No author since Steinbeck has been able to illuminate the vast and unfathomable panoramas of the American landscape so well; nor, since Conrad, to locate so adeptly the sinister madness that pervades human culture. The first film adapted from McCarthy’s work was 2000??s disappointing, Billy Bob Thorton-directed effort “All the Pretty Horses”. Consequently, one might expect that Hollywood would once again mishandle the work of one of the literary geniuses of the last century. In the hands of Joel and Ethan Coen, however, these suspicions could...