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...against those who speak out against the ideology that is related to the religion only as a matter of convenience.There is no objective correlation between the behavior of the Islamists and the religion of Islam, just as there is no objective correlation between the events of September 11 and America??s supposed misdeeds. There is no clear causal reason for either relationship. Amis explains this lack of causality quite succinctly by saying that “we are not dealing in reasons because we are not dealing in reason.”Amis knows reason, and that...
...democracy depend on it. However, while Wagner’s book thoroughly examines how standardized tests, aided by an inability to teach beyond them, dampen the intellectual curiosity of American children and thus reinforce the global achievement gap, he only gets at a piece of the problem. By downplaying America??s first achievement gap—that between low-income minority students and their middle-class counterparts—Wagner’s argument belies a true representation of the academic challenges facing our country and obscures the actions we should be taking. While it is difficult...
...wrote Emerson almost 200 years ago in the essay “Nature.” Fast-forward two centuries and the edgiest avant-garde cinema is just an application of the same principle—at least according to P. Adams Sitney, considered by many to be America??s foremost scholar of avant-garde cinema. Sitney was at the Harvard Film Archive (HFA) last Monday to deliver an illustrated lecture about the philosophy behind American avant-garde film. If anyone knows experimental film, it’s Sitney. At 16, he founded “Filmwise...
...being broadcast on cable and making an attempt, albeit a very sad one, to poignantly tackle issues like teen pregnancy. The fact that this utter failure of a show leaves me wanting more makes me wonder what it is that I—not to mention the rest of America??am actually looking for in their TV.Would the average American viewer rather see characters make ridiculous decisions, or would they rather watch the results when producers, actors, and writers make their own ridiculous decisions?I know my preference, and when “Secret Life” comes...
...infighting between President Viktor Yushenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, two prominent leaders of the Orange Revolution. Viktor Yanukovich, whose initial victory over Ukrainian President, Victor Yushenko in fraud-plagued elections inspired the 2004 Orange Revolution, remains a major figure on the Ukrainian political scene. And last November, America??s sweetheart, Mr. Saakashvilli, declared a 15-day state of emergency after police broke up opposition protests calling for Mr. Saakashvilli to step down...