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...long stultification - and the still unfinished reunification of the Continent since 1989. Judt makes deft use of evidence from film and literature, and his eye for the differences among European countries helps enliven the analysis. Critics can argue against his conclusion that "the twenty-first century might yet belong to Europe," but readers will find plenty of credible reasons for that view in his trenchant dissection of the second half of the 20th. Judt takes Europe from its hour of deepest need after the war to today's sometimes complacent prosperity in telling detail. At the signing of the treaty...
...French person living in the U.S., I want to point out that those who believe that all the rioters in France are Muslim are mistaken. The protesters are a mixed population of immigrants. Many are Muslim, some belong to religions other than Islam and some are not religious. What is happening in France has nothing to do with Muslim extremism or al-Qaeda. The riots are the result of France's failure to absorb and integrate its immigrant population. Period...
Both members of the gay community and Republicans—many of whom cannot comprehend how a member of their group could possibly belong to the other—often spurn people like Aguero. “When some people find out I’m gay and conservative,” Aguero says, “they act like I’m a mutant or something...
...might be reaching on this,” Kiernan says, “but I think it all ties back in with the admission mistake. There’s a lot of self doubt, all the time, about whether you belong at Harvard. And taking time off is an example that you can’t hack...
...typical first-year thing: I did a reasonably good job of making friends, I joined crew, I hung out with the people in my dorm, and I worked as hard as I could at academics. But I felt that, to a certain degree, I didn’t belong anywhere. It was a feeling I got from a lot of my friends, too, the ones who didn’t identify strongly with a certain culture, religion, or activity. I wanted to get to know everyone, not just the people in certain pre-set categories...