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Murray painted a dire picture of the Patriot Act’s implications, citing secret subpoenas of personal records, unreported searches by campus police, an abolition of due-cause requirements for apprehension and creation of “magic lantern” software that secretly reports e-mail content and Internet usage information back to government sources...
...boys—rising from underground success (both in the South, no less) to the top of the charts and pushing the boundaries of their sound even at the height of their popularity. Casual radio listeners are hooked by the catchy singles; more are captivated by their engaging lyrical content and constant musical experimentation; and college students everywhere find a new standard-bearer...
...Southie has gained tolerance and diversity in the past 20 years. But as MTV and America have moved in, the neighborhood has lost much of its Irish character. It’s sad to see it go, though I was never there to see it anyway, and have to content myself with reading about the old neighborhood in residents’ memoirs and undergraduate social science theses. The only evidence of the old neighborhood that I can still hear is in their accents—the parents’ are strong and at times indecipherable to the untrained...
...have for years been writing things that have all proved to be wrong. These thinkers from on high basically know nothing beyond hyperambition or hyperdefeatism. If you're a French intellectual, you talk either about the arrogance of France or the decline of France. It's never about a content and thriving France, one that is confident in its allies and its future and its abilities. Baverez makes the case, and it's true, that French society has some major insufficiencies. But what has our traditional élite done about it? They are looking for a new ideology after...
...manager provides a wonderful foil to the wayward Finn. In fact, the students are so endearing and so memorable that their presence becomes ultimately more welcome than Black’s. Quite often—and especially during the film’s climax—the movie is content showcasing Black’s irreverent behavior when it should have been spotlighting the more appealing tween performances...