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...sure, it gives a voice to people run over by the people who run things. But taken to an extreme, distrust gnaws away at some of the fundaments of modern society. Why vote, if all politicians are charlatans? Why work, if all companies are crooked? Today "anyone with a beef can start a conspiracy theory," says Frank Furedi, a sociology professor at Britain's University of Kent, who argues that deference to traditional authorities is being replaced by reverence for new ones. "We don't trust politicians, but we have faith in the pronouncements of celebrities. We are suspicious...
...accepted that we are living at the end of history. The hidden curriculum of our decade-plus of education has been that the world from now on will simply consist of democracy and capitalism ever-continuing, ever-expanding. This writer has nothing but love for the former and no beef with the regulated latter. Without a critical eye, however, it is too easy nowadays to accept other aspects of our world as permanent as well. Widespread hunger, devastating epidemics, intolerable unemployment, savagely unequal schools that lead to the mass incarceration of people of color—all these horrors come...
...said that although students will not understand the difference between an Angus and a chuck beef patty—the names refer to different body parts of the cow—they will appreciate taste differences...
...statement, not your statement.’”Woodward said that his source had released him to speak with Fitzgerald about their conversation but not to disclose the source’s name publicly. But his assertion about Novak’s source, over roast beef and asparagus at the Institute of Politics, suggests that Woodward knows—or, in journalistic parlance, “has heard”—more than he has previously acknowledged. Still, it is far from clear how deep into the nation’s capital his knowledge extends...
...Despite his claims, neither the EPA nor the local air quality district nor the Orange County Fire Authority-the three agencies Clark names in his letter-had any standing beef with the company. While the EPA warned Clark in April 2004 that the factory was not in compliance with some Clean Air Act safety standards, "he did everything he had to do (to comply)," said Mark Merchant, spokesman, of the EPA. The other agencies are equally surprised. The more likely reason for Clark's decision are the few lawsuits from former employees related to TDI ailments, including one suit filed...