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...author is exactly the opposite of the stories she tells in her books: she's the misfit novelist who has been spontaneously embraced by the reading world. Which makes you wonder what kinds of books will come out of all the success and affirmation. Will she still channel our collective awkwardness and alienation? "I was kind of joking with my editor," she recalls, "saying, you know, 'God save me if I ever write another scene where a young woman is maybe about to kiss a young man, but then she wonders if he really could find her attractive.' I feel...
...fertile. Sadly, it is. Although the British Muslim community, 1.6 million strong, is not the largest in Europe, it plays host, says French terrorism analyst Roland Jacquard, to "arguably the largest number of radicalized young men." Polls bear out that conclusion. In a survey for Britain's Channel 4 this year, no less than 22% of Muslims agreed with the proposition that the subway bombings were justified because of "British support for the war on terror." Those under 24 were twice as likely to excuse the attacks as those over 45. A recent Pew study found that 15% of British...
Plainly, for some devout Muslims, modern Britain--an almost crazily nondeferential, undisciplined, messy society--is an unappealing place. In the Channel 4 poll, 35% said they preferred to have Muslim neighbors, and 28% thought British society does not treat women with respect. Of those ages 18 to 24, 1 in 3 said they would like to live under Shari'a law. At the same time, a series of high-profile cases have soured relations between the police and some in the community. Many Muslims interviewed this week brought up, unprompted, Forest Gate, referring to a police raid on a house...
...channel surf with the mujahedin?" JILL CARROLL, U.S. journalist and former hostage in Iraq, describing how strange it was during her 82-day abduction this year to watch Oprah and Tom and Jerry with her captors, four of whom were arrested last week...
...going to be a very good show tonight. And I think you should change the channel." That does not sound like an auspicious beginning for a TV series, but it's part of the opening scene of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, a drama that aims to give late-night comedy the West Wing treatment. After Wes Mendell (Judd Hirsch), the producer of a sketch show (also called Studio 60), is forced to kill a controversial skit, he lets loose a live on-camera rant. "We're all being lobotomized," he says, "by this country's most influential medium...