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...drunken Rolling Stones rehearsal from 1965." The Stripes are blues-influenced guitar rock, and so were the 1965 Stones, but would the Stones have considered restricting their lineup to one guitar and a drummer, as the White Stripes have done? Composing a song entirely out of dialogue from Citizen Kane (see the Stripes' "The Union Forever," on their album "White Blood Cells," which is climbing the charts). Covering country songs in which the narrator is a woman? (The Stripes' best live number is "Jolene," made famous by Dolly Parton.) They do something new by playing with elements of '60s rock...
Discussing the various artistic journeys that led them to photography, the artists said that photography has traditionally held second-citizen status in the spheres of art and art-education...
...isn’t just an issue of money. Unless the system is reformed, soon paying taxes will no longer be the responsibility of every citizen, only of the suckers who are too poor or too honest to cheat. By letting enforcement lapse, Congress has made sure that crime does pay, creating an immense new welfare program for the wealthy and unscrupulous. And that’s one kind of welfare America doesn’t need...
...provisions making refusal to be vaccinated a misdemeanor. Gay activists feared that the bill might permit states to quarantine people who have HIV or AIDS. The CDC responded by narrowing its definition of a public-health emergency. But the most crucial aspect of the bill--the ability to quarantine citizens who may pose a health threat to others--is the one that has become the most contentious, pitting public-health officials in a state-by-state battle with civil libertarians. Existing law typically forces state authorities to get a court order before putting someone in quarantine. The CDC's model...
...discussion of constitutionality aside, this bill is a step in the wrong direction. In attempting to regulate the flow of money into political campaigns, it will strengthen the ability of corporations, unions, and special interest groups to influence the political process while decreasing the clout of the average citizen. On top of that, it will favor incumbents at the expense of grass roots campaigns. These effects are the exact opposites of the goals of campaign finance legislation and, sadly, losses for democracy and the democratic process...