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...McWhorter thinks Obama was elected because of his race and that this is bad. Sunstein thinks Obama was not elected because of his race and that this is good. The latter seems a little naïve, while the former seems unnecessarily uncomfortable. Let us start with a caveat. Obama is brilliant; there’s no doubt about that. But there’s also no doubt that Obama became such a prominent figure in politics because he was black. Being black for Obama was not sufficient to award him high praise, but it was necessary. The same sorts...
...sighs, "is that we are mistaken to gouge such a deep rift in history that the things old men and old women know have become so useless as to be not worth passing on to grandchildren." (Absolutely true, although one wishes Frazier had held off on his sappy caveat, namely, that "desire trumps time," which smacks of a musical number by Andrew Lloyd Webber...
...publishing about inaccessible European shows. But you, my reader beleaguered by that meandering and self-righteous introduction, are in for a treat. This review of an overseas exhibit does contain some of the smugness of the jet-setting art critics I previously scorned—but, with the caveat that all but one of the artists I tout have works that can be seen without leaving the eastern seaboard. Or even your computer for that matter. In “The Grande Promenade,” The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens (EMST) staged a sprawling exhibition...
...owned by foreigners account for one-third of Estonia's total economy and more than 50% of exports. About three-quarters of the funds have come from just two countries, Finland and Sweden. Can the money continue flowing? Most seem to think it can, with at least one key caveat: Estonia needs to resolve its shortage of labor. "We are running out of people," says Craig Rawlings, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Tallinn. He recounts a tale of two foreign-owned machinery factories, now in a mad fight for each other's engineers...
...final caveat if your shoulder hurts and you're thinking about an arthroscopic repair is that the ultimate strength of the repair is not achieved until at least 6 months after the surgery - and many studies suggest 18 months is a more correct figure. So, Mr. Rumsfeld (and our other sore-shouldered Americans), please bear in mind: this too costs a lot and takes longer than you might think...