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...statistical methodology here is primitive at best - where's that Freakonomics guy when you need him? - but there are more serious, fundamental problems with the Times' project. Probably no one at the Times would seriously claim that this survey determines some kind of mysterious "objective" literary value; it's a way (I imagine this hypothetical person saying) to start conversations (mission accomplished) and introduce people to books they might not have heard of (mission not-so-much accomplished...
...women. Thomas M. Scanlon, the final panelist and Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Policy, warned against self-censorship and fear to speak up. “The reason that someone can be offended is not a good defense of censorship... it is too easy to claim offense or to be genuinely be offended,” he said. Most of the questions and remarks from the audience were directed at Ali, including an accusation that she provokes violence. Others, however, appreciated her presence and message. “I loved her,” Roxanne...
...Il—which is worse?” Keats asked, referring to the nation’s current leader. Keats, who has visited North Korea three times, said that it is important to engage the people, rather than leave them isolated. “None of us would claim that North Korea is a wonderful place to live,” he said. Sun Joo Kim, associate professor of Korean history, was also asked to accompany the group. “What I’ve heard from my contact at the travel office was that the decision...
Bush’s tax cuts allowed a fair number of low-income taxpayers to stop paying income tax. Every one of these taxpayers pays far more in regressive payroll taxes than they ever did in income tax, but this move allowed Bush to claim that his tax cut was all about the working class. Since Bush was cutting 100 percent of the income tax burden of low-income payers, he could claim that his tax cuts were actually better for the working class than for the wealthy. The millions that the richest Americans took home thanks...
...Prime Minister and Treasurer have looked after people like themselves in this Budget-family men in the professions and the self-employed. As well, they've been generous to all the groups they need to hold in those seats they claim by the narrowest of margins. The major reforms to superannuation will make Baby Boomers more relaxed about retirement; it may keep some of them, and the next generation, in work a few years longer to lessen the economic fallout of an ageing population...