Word: clouded
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...ideas we explore are wide-ranging but affect all of us. John Cloud explains how the idea of authenticity--we know it when we see it (or at least we think we do)--is shaping not only our consumer culture but also the presidential campaign. Amanda Ripley explores how counter-terrorism experts are using former terrorists to prevent the radicalization of new ones. Bryan Walsh has a fascinating piece about the idea of geoengineering: how, instead of fixing or curing the earth, we might re-engineer it on a massive scale to solve climate change. Other pieces include Justin...
...overturned in its appeal. Otherwise it would set a legal precedent. "[O'Connell's is] an encouraging statement, and we think it will have important implications for the court decision," said Michael Farris, chairman of the Home School Legal Defense Association. "[But] until this decision is reversed, the legal cloud over home schooling remains dark and ominous...
...movies, all happy couples are alike: they don't exist. The cinematic notion of a contended man and wife, gliding through life on a cloud of kisses, kind words and double martinis, pretty much died out with Nick and Nora Charles 60 years ago. Mr. & Mrs. Smith, the crime caper with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, is about as close as you could come lately, and they kept trying to kill each other. Maybe wedded happiness is considered static, undramatic, a minuet of compromises. It could also be that depicting the satisfaction of people over 30 just doesn't appeal...
...afterlife? -Luan Mai, Santa Clara, Calif.I don't think we can imagine what it is like to be fully united with God in his kingdom, but we can have great expectation and hope. I don't think it is a little angel with a harp sitting on a cloud or the barren afterlife we see in so many films. I think it is a rich and wonderful place...
...Holtz-Eakin replied, as his staff released a collective gasp of horror. Eventually, the tanker deal collapsed under a cloud of scandal, further cementing the bond between the Arizona politician and the Princeton-trained economist. "He got me," says Holtz-Eakin, remembering McCain's question. "I liked that...