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...Indian” trait? Even as the majority of Indians are liberal, what bearing does this have on Mr. Jindal’s political beliefs? Is he not allowed to believe what he believes solely because the majority of people with brown skin disagree with him? These suggestions are absurd, but not nearly as appalling as her other suggestion: That Jindal is somehow forsaking his Indian heritage by attending Oxford and working for McKinsey. If these measures are the standards by which “race traitors” are judged, perhaps Sequeira should write an editorial denouncing Mohandas Gandhi...

Author: By Will C. Quinn | Title: Sequeira is Guilty Of The Prejudices She Rails Against | 2/8/2008 | See Source »

...toxic chromium scrape at the back of the mix, interrupted only by the chorus, a gregarious proclamation of the title.On previous albums, Merritt’s lyrics poked fun at contemporary conceptions of sex. “Distortion,” however, pushes those levels beyond the absurd and into the downright Freudian, with characters that indulge admittedly confused desires for sex and death in equal (and sometimes identical) measure. “California Girls,” an infectious pop guitar-wash featuring vocals from Shirley Simms, turns from antipathy for synthetic O.C. ditzes to an axe-wielding thirst...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Magnetic Fields | 2/7/2008 | See Source »

This past fall, the New College Theater celebrated its grand re-opening with an excellent production of the hilariously absurd play, “Oh Dad, Poor Dad.” Like many other Harvard theatrical productions, however, the triumph of the production was attenuated by the lack of minorities in the cast. Sadly, many audience members and production staff were oblivious to the lack of minority representation...

Author: By Jason J. Wong | Title: Equal Opportunity Casting | 2/4/2008 | See Source »

...vote exactly like other Senators who had opposed the war - in favor of funding the troops, hoping for progress. As Iraq metastasized into a civil war, he began to vote for a responsible withdrawal. That Bill Clinton would turn this into an attack against Obama was almost as absurd as Clinton's turning Obama's statement that Ronald Reagan had changed the trajectory of the nation - and that, for a time, the Republicans had been the party of ideas - into a claim that Obama thought G.O.P. ideas were better. Clinton, after all, had said the same sort of things about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bill Clinton, Get Out of the Way | 1/31/2008 | See Source »

...vote exactly like other Senators who had opposed the war-in favor of funding the troops, hoping for progress. As Iraq metastasized into a civil war, he began to vote for a responsible withdrawal. That Bill Clinton would turn this into an attack against Obama was almost as absurd as Clinton's turning Obama's statement that Ronald Reagan had changed the trajectory of the nation-and that, for a time, the Republicans had been the party of ideas-into a claim that Obama thought gop ideas were better. Clinton, after all, had said the same sort of things about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Spoiler | 1/30/2008 | See Source »

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