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...typical, in fact, of Phillips' nuanced approach that he refuses to call blacks either the victims or the makers of their own misfortune; private indiscipline conspires with collective exclusiveness to bring about their tragedies. Born on the Caribbean island of St. Kitts himself, though brought to Leeds as a boy, and now living in New York, Phillips has seen the struggle from both sides. What gives his accounts their particular sting is that even good intentions seem of no avail. Barber, for example, was treated with unwavering kindness by Johnson, who had him educated, saw him almost...
...above chalk." The book never quite recovers from these tributary explorations, but like the Thames, Ackroyd flows on. Once he's on the terra firma of London's recorded history - the troves of which he is a voracious plunderer - he is in full flood. The fancy word for his approach is psychogeography, a philosophical attempt to reimagine the life of cities that was dreamed up by France's Situationists in the 1950s and dusted off in recent years by Ackroyd and other writers for whom chronology and factual detail take a back seat to analogy and intuition. Thus in Thames...
...researchers at Oregon State University are taking a new approach to assessing drug use that could potentially transform the government's understanding of America's drug problem. In small samples taken from untreated community sewage plants in six major cities, lead researcher Jennifer Field has been identifying and analyzing chemicals the body produces after breaking down substances like marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy and heroin. This method, first used by Italian scientists to gauge regional cocaine use, allows researchers to analyze data within hours, tracking drug use, not over a year's time using aggregated national data, but over a few days...
...Justice] Anthony Kennedy's approach to gay issues has put him on the liberal side. There have been five votes for gay rights on the court for some time. I expect that will actually continue as long as the court remains...
Mukasey is not guaranteed a free pass from the left: his rulings in favor of the government have upheld some of the toughest provisions of Bush's approach to fighting terrorism. However, Senate Democrats are largely positive so far on Mukasey, saying that as a judge he was very knowledgeable and an unquestioned straight-shooter. They also say he is independent, which is the highest priority of those who want to get to the bottom of any possible wrongdoing at the Justice Department under Alberto Gonzales...