Word: backgrounder
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...whole bevy of neoconservative thinkers have embraced a color-blind politics that makes a sincere effort to reach out to minorities. In opposition to the racial groupthink of the far left and the bigotry of the far right, this conservatism has sought to uplift individuals regardless of race or background. For these conservatives, treating all people as equal citizens regardless of race has come to mean repudiating both old-style racism and the reverse racism of affirmative action and racial quotas...
Since Sept. 11, 2001, two ideas about Islam have become axiomatic: that Americans need to know more about the religion and that "moderate" Muslims in the U.S. and other Western societies need to reclaim their faith from those who kill and maim in its name. With that background, it might seem churlish to cavil at a serious attempt to address both needs. But there is something about the PBS documentary Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet (Dec. 18, 9 p.m. E.T.) that doesn't convince...
...gracious way out, I’m going to let all of you know just what I want for Christmas, so feel free to contact me in Texas over break. I’ll be the overstuffed person sleeping on the couch with college football on in the background...
...cover image of bin Laden's faded visage floating in a field of white might convey something other than his uncanny elusiveness. "Maybe you were trying to suggest a ghostly image," granted one woman, "but, in fact, the cover gives a very heavenly, angelic appearance to this monster." "The background should have been red and yellow," suggested an upstate New York reader, "to symbolize the blood of thousands of innocent victims and the fire of hatred he has ignited among his followers." And a Massachusetts woman felt an urge known to so many schoolchildren: "At least you could have added...
...Hehir’s Boston ties and intellectual background might be strikes against him, they said, as the Church attempts to rebuild after the scandal...