Word: americanizing
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...Knight, an American convert, who first articulated a vision for a Muslim punk scene in 2002, when he wrote a novel about it called The Taqwacores. (The title combines the words taqwa, Arabic for "higher consciousness," and core, from hardcore.) He then received an e-mail from a 16-year-old Texan Muslim, Kourosh Poursalehi, who was in a band called Vote Hezbollah, asking how he could get in touch with the mohawked Sufis, skater punks, burqa-wearing riot grrrls and skinhead Shi'ites in the book. When Knight told him it was fiction, Poursalehi responded, "Well, then...
...gals, there's Sandra Bullock, at age 45 the No. 1 movie heroine (after her summer smash The Proposal), as Leigh Anne Tuohy, the Memphis matron who spots young Michael Oher at the Christian school her children attend - hard not to, since he's a gigantic African American among the Caucasian cherubs - and brings him home so she can nourish the boy and give him purpose. (See TIME's photo-essay "The Never-Ending Role of Sandra Bullock...
While your story was well written and researched, it pretty much overlooked all but rich, suburban whites. What world is the writer living in? Certainly not the inner New York City one in which I teach college--the real, food-insecure world that represents the 21st century American experience for many of us. Most working parents I know are too busy trying to put food on the table to have time for "overparenting...
...Bill Saporito's the Moment [Nov. 30]: It's ridiculous to encourage Americans to spend themselves into further trouble this holiday season. It used to be "American" to spend more than you had. Retailers have had their way for years. Now that Americans are more frugal, stores weep about their lost 30% markups. Does anyone really care about that now? Most people are trying to hold on to their homes, their savings, their retirements. There is nothing wrong with a little Pilgrim virtue when it comes to saving more and spending less...
...intention of buying Sarah Palin's book, I decided to watch her on The Oprah Winfrey Show. She is telegenic. She did not put her foot in her mouth. I don't blame Palin for taking advantage of her moment--writing a book, making money. That is the American way. But don't ask me to believe that she has anything to contribute to serious political discourse in this country...