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...West, but there’s no denying that a meal at Algiers can conjure up memories of a variety of “exotic” vacations, including journeys to Morocco, the Middle East, and the country that gives the café its namesake. But one aspect of the coffee house is uniquely Algerian: its prices are as absurd as the fiction of the land’s most famous novelist, Albert Camus. It’s highly unlikely that a $3.50 croissant even exists in France, let alone in a former colony, and paying...
...Twenty-odd years ago, civil libertarians and assorted do-gooders brought about the relaxation or removal of limits on almost every aspect of young people's lives. This was invariably justified on the basis that traditional rules suppressed youngsters' natural development or infringed their human rights. Parents who wish to set boundaries on their children's behavior should insist that their parliamentarians, police and judiciary back them up. Thomas Sweeney, Ivanhoe, Victoria...
...attend. “I remember thinking, ‘this is ridiculous,’” North says. “This is going to be absurd and I want to be a part of this.” Though humor is a large aspect of almost any Internet phenomenon, ROFLCon isn’t all fun and games. Scholars from around the country will moderate the panels and address online pop culture from an academic perspective. The topic doesn’t currently command much serious intellectual study, but ROFLCon may help change that...
...unity. "From now on, we will fight for ourselves," one Chinese woman in San Francisco wrote in a Chinese Internet forum. "We know it is our ever-stronger motherland that's frightening the western world. It is our development and confidence that's causing them panic. From certain aspect, a new Chinese value has formed through the torch, and all the Chinese people are coming together once again...
During the appearance of General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker before lawmakers this week, one major aspect of the picture in Iraq got scant mention. Iraq's Sunni insurgency and its most vicious wing, al-Qaeda in Iraq, was hardly discussed, even though Petraeus stressed that the Sunni insurgency remained alive and a potent threat. Anyone tuning in to C-SPAN - including al-Qaeda - might have gleaned a few lessons from the testimony about the U.S. strategy and vulnerabilities in Iraq...