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...suburban Jews in the '60s), this one actually has ethnic-appropriate casting. The Jews here are sometimes broadly drawn - Larry's family slurps soup at a decibel level that even the Simpsons would find deafening - but they're fully assimilated. Nobody says, "Oy vey!" or talks shtick. If people answer a question with a question, the first would be Larry's plaintive "Why me?" when he seeks legal, emotional or spiritual help, and the second the world's "Who cares...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Serious Man: The Coen Brothers' Jewish Question | 9/12/2009 | See Source »

During the question and answer session, Harvard’s lofty minds posed provocative questions...

Author: By Alex M. Mcleese | Title: PETA Debate: On Tolstoy and Bonzai Trees | 9/12/2009 | See Source »

...ultimately going to have to redesign our lives, make do with less, if we want to combat climate change? Colin: The simple answer is yes. Even the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report says that developed nations are going to have to change the way they live. But maybe there's a chance that we could actually gain something - a different kind of life that we might like more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Examining the No-Impact Life | 9/11/2009 | See Source »

...lackluster descriptive strategy and a mediocre voice, “Season of Ash” provides some striking scientific explanations for the socio-political disasters of the past and takes a faithfully journalistic approach to exposing capitalism gone corrupt. Volpi asks some ambitious questions, but he does not answer them or even presume to–one wonders why he curtailed his analysis and commentary at this cursory level. While this hefty book disappoints in the context of its wandering, subpar storytelling, Volpi’s prolific ideas and occasional bent for powerful language should not preclude him from meeting...

Author: By Monica S. Liu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Ash' is Dust on the Page | 9/11/2009 | See Source »

...African Junior Championships in Mauritius in August and then the 800 meters at last month's World Championships in Berlin by an amazing 2 seconds. Her extraordinary times and masculine appearance led the IAAF to request gender verification tests. (Read: "Is a Female Track Star a Man? No Simple Answer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa Slams Semenya's Gender Test | 9/11/2009 | See Source »

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