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...Honor After the Fall," your photo essay on Marine Major Steve Beck and his mission of notifying families of the loss of a loved one in Iraq [Nov. 21], was one of the most powerful and poignant stories I've ever read in TIME. I wiped away tears trying to imagine the pain and loss felt by the families of the fallen. I was also struck by the professional and compassionate way in which Beck notified and supported those families. I respect and admire him for performing that incredibly difficult but sadly necessary assignment...
...years old and have become a little jaded over the years, but I was moved to tears by the images of Beck taking care of families who have lost a loved one. I think he and the other service members performing that noble and depressing task deserve America's thanks. Not all heroes are overseas...
...your pain. But I do feel like the best concerts have been ones in which I’ve witnessed an artist either screaming or whispering his or her way through the Earth’s crust, drilling into the magma that flows in the subconscious. I remember seeing Beck do a solo acoustic show, playing Big Star’s classic “Kanga-Roo,” and his eyes glazed over. He saw all his lovers, past and future. He was exorcising demons. Similarly, I remember seeing Frank Black of the Pixies, monstrously obese, bleating...
...Say” that is due for release near Christmas. Let’s hope that Kanye blesses the Frenchman with a little more artistic liberty, equality, and fraternity. —Bernard L. Parham"Hell Yes"BeckIt’s a heartening sign that Beck can upstage his own robots.Dude always gets hella flak from haters who say that his lyrics sound like they came out of some computerized random hobo lyric generator. People also rightfully cry foul for his played-out “do the Robot like it’s 1983!” dance routine...
...female governor. “Once [a woman] makes it through the glass ceiling, [she] has the obligation to reach down and pull others through,” she said. And women need to “be comfortable with being powerful,” she added. Katie A. Beck ’08, a Michigan resident and also a Crimson editor, called Granholm “an amazing role model for women and people who are interested in politics.” Before her speech, Granholm was honored by the Kennedy School of Government with the first-ever Pathfinder...