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Having watched the mommy wars rage last fall around Sarah Palin's approach to work-family balance, I've been intrigued by the French premiere of this movie, starring the country's glamorous, embattled Justice Minister, Rachida Dati. Five days after giving birth by C-section to her daughter Zohra, Dati left the hospital and headed to the Elysée Palace for a Cabinet meeting. Cue the controversy, let fly the judgments: What about bonding and breast-feeding and savoring the glory of a social system that allows women 16 weeks of paid maternity leave? (See pictures of Sarah Palin...
...applaud Peter Beinart's suggestion to inject some economic realism into our foreign policy [Feb. 2]. An America that demonstrates an understanding of its limitations and a fiscal pragmatism in its foreign policy will command far greater respect abroad than one that takes the dogmatic, open-checkbook approach of the Bush Administration. But why stop with Iraq and Afghanistan? Barack Obama should look at the rationale for maintaining forces in Germany, Japan and South Korea. Even among our allies, our presence on their soil makes little sense to many and is not appreciated. Our days as the world's policeman...
...moms of multiples were to approach Stillman for more reproductive assistance, he says, he'd be obligated to help. "As a parent of two kids, I may think they're crazy, but I'd tell them what I always tell patients: Our goal here is as many children as you want, but preferably one at a time." (Read "The Year in Medicine 2008: From...
...thwarts both a satisfactory musical genealogy and a single sufficient expression of genre. Even as that myth flirted with self-parody—with the insistence on foregoing members’ names for precocious pseudonyms or wearing ridiculous masks in press photos—the band’s approach to music-making has remained consistently innovative and their output stubbornly unique.For six years and as many albums, Animal Collective narrated a sort of ongoing insane, half-perfect sonic collage of genre, building structurally damaged and occasionally brilliant pop songs out of hastily-rendered foundations of rock, folk, trance...
...about how transforming a gift like this could be,” Walker said. “I told him about this pie in the sky idea to get a bunch of flexible funding and get really smart people together to think outside the box.” Walker approached Ragon—who had business of his own in South Africa—a year and a half ago regarding funding for AIDS research, and two weeks later, the two were on a plane together to see Walker’s clinic. Walker said Ragon had a transforming experience...