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...five years, ever since George W. Bush entered the White House, it's been an axiom of international affairs that in comparison with the U.S., Europe is socially and politically liberal. In many ways, that is still true. But changes in the political climate have a habit of creeping up on you, like a light breeze before a storm. And enough has happened - or, rather, become visible - in Europe this year to wonder whether that truism is still accurate. Last week, I heard one of Britain's most experienced commentators describe this year's Conservative Party conference as "young...
...strongest tracks come at the end of the album, beginning with Camu’s superstar showcase “Left It To Us,” where El-P and Aesop Rock make you remember how awesome hip-hop collaborations can be. This is especially true in comparison to “Shoot Frank,” a pallid mournful-eyed pop-metal whiner with a disappointing RJD2 beat that deserves mention only because it is almost impossible to listen...
...Harvey Pekar's The Quitter and Shane White's North Country both tell powerful coming-of-age stories from completely different places and times. In spite of that, their similarities make for striking comparison reading. While either would make a fine addition to this growing sub-genre, to have both in one month feels almost gluttonous...
...soon adopted by urban intellectuals and curious others in Washington D.C., New York, and Los Angeles. Today, there are around 77,000 practitioners in the United States, according to the City University of New York’s 2004 American Religious Identification Survey. (By way of comparison, the same survey reports that there are around 400,000 Wiccans.) The church claims to have a membership in the millions...
...suppose most of it IS fine art, by any definition, but the theme of “these are my things, you are cripplingly poor in comparison to me, my apartment smells of rich mahogany” is carried throughout...