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...Love” reality show host and noted MySpace tramp Tila Tequila’s new video, such as the economical digital camera work and lyrical pearls of wisdom like “some just want some layin’.” Therefore, it behooves me to instead confront the deeper issues that this video raises. The chorus—“We all want the same thing”—seems to posit an idyllic utopia populated by both strippers and ex-boyfriends that would bring a tear to V. I. Lenin?...
...matter an individual’s background, we believe that it is important to empower them to find and express their own opinions on the challenges and ideas they confront in life. In doing so, we hope it will inspire other organizations and groups to do the same. We invite all members of the community to join us in our efforts to actively engage in dialogue with Israel and look forward to seeing where this important discussion will lead...
...Hispanic, Catholic family in Mexico.”Lam, the Coalition’s treasurer, is half Chinese, and says that students who have made friends with people in generally unreceptive ethnic groups might feel conflicted joining the gay community: on the one hand they must confront the difficulty of a new sexuality, and on the other, they must address this sexuality in a way so as not to isolate themselves from the people they formerly identified with. Lam says that because she wasn’t “raised Chinese,” she doesn?...
...allow broadband providers to act in an anti-competitive fashion by discriminating against particular content—for instance, blocking a Democratic blog and giving priority to a Republican website. However, most experts agree that broadband providers should be allowed to reasonably manage their networks to confront a looming threat: A relatively small set of users are downloading unprecedented volumes of video and music with “peer-to-peer” software, creating an online traffic jam and slowing down connection speeds for everyone...
...provides welcome clarity, especially in the last couple of stories, in which complex pseudo-physics are described in intricate detail. But it is “History of A Disturbance,” embedded halfway into the collection, that summarizes the predicament Millhauser’s whole project must confront. “History” is narrated by a man who gradually “casts off words” due to the dawning realization that they “blur together elements that exist apart, or they break elements into pieces, bind up the world, contract it into...