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...admit that I’m trading in stereotypes here, and almost certainly oversimplifying the matter. Virginia is, in a sense, a microcosmic battleground for the dreaded and dreary culture wars. I hail from the prosperous, expanding, and relatively liberal northern Virginia suburbs, which have been a huge factor in the Democrats’ optimistic forecasts. In the same way Americans abroad, out of a sense of propriety, claim to be Canadians, I usually tell Cantabridgians that I’m from Washington D.C. I’ve never actually met any Appalachian Virginians, but I’ve always...

Author: By David L. Golding | Title: Virginia Is For Others | 10/7/2008 | See Source »

Whatever the motivation for her suicide, the actress's death has raised fears about a ripple effect. Korea has had the highest rate of suicide among the world's industrialized countries for the past five years. Policy makers and the general public readily admit that mental illness - even a common disorder like depression - is rarely talked about openly in the country. "Koreans are very secretive about psychiatric problems," says Lee Myung Soo, a psychiatrist at the Seoul Metropolitan Mental Health Centre who agrees that one of the main reasons that people won't talk about it here is fear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Koreans Are Shaken by a Celebrity Suicide | 10/6/2008 | See Source »

...song of the summer—love it or hate it (and many do), the Billboard Hot 100 has been tasting cherry Chapstick for 20 weeks and counting. Even New York Magazine’s imperious “Vulture” blog had to admit the song’s success, but not without threatening to move to Canada...

Author: By Jillian J. Goodman | Title: The Summer of (Lesbian) Love | 10/3/2008 | See Source »

There are the things you admit to in Hollywood--that you've been to rehab, that you wrecked your first marriage, that it took 12 people to pick out your outfit. And then there's the thing you don't admit to: that you vote Republican. "I preface it by saying I've been convicted of child molestation, and that breaks the ice," says director David Zucker of sharing his political views with liberal-leaning colleagues. "Then being Republican doesn't seem so bad to them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood Conservatives | 10/2/2008 | See Source »

...solution meant that the public response was more emotional than anything else. In a leadership vacuum, we got irrational belligerence, a desire to punish the greedheads that will take its broadest toll on the victims, not the perps. And for all the righteous rage, there was a refusal to admit that in many cases Wall Street's sins are also our own: the average American has nine credit cards with a $12,000 balance; we don't save; we overreach; and together we've created a situation where the prudent who lived within their means are expected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Candidates' Test of Leadership | 9/30/2008 | See Source »

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