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...venture a guess: When balding and/or graying politicians continually make what appears to be an active decision to cut young people out of the political process, the impetus to get involved is sharply diminished. Of course, in defense of politicians - gasp! - there's a classic chicken-and-egg conundrum here: Do young voters ignore politicians because politicians ignore them, or do politicians keep their distance from young voters because they've proven themselves an uninterested voting bloc whose concerns are not easily addressed in a 10-second sound bite...
...interesting conundrum, the impracticality of having a character go mad. Bennett went through several drafts of Madness before he developed a subplot compelling enough to take the place of the king's personal tragedy in the second act of his play. A descent into insanity and a recovery from it are both dramatically tenable situations, but the state of madness itself leaves little room for engaging action. Hence the emphasis on affairs of state and the line of succession which fills the later parts of Bennett's playelements which were absent in his early drafts...
Ethics experts disagree about the proper outcome for Jodie and Mary, but many are uneasy at how readily the lower court disregarded the parents. "This case is really a complete conundrum," says Dr. Richard Nicholson, editor of the Bulletin of Medical Ethics in London. "Both outcomes are right, and both are wrong. That's why it seems right to pay more attention to the parents than the professionals, because they have to live with the consequences." So too must Jodie and Mary--or die from them...
...dead, it also raises a tension between faith and logic. Even for the secular, accepting death often involves a belief, absent proof, about the undiscovered country beyond life. These programs fill a hunger, sneered at by hip media insiders, for soul food, but they also risk oversimplifying an eternal conundrum. Offering easy evidence of something beyond, however heartwarming, runs counter to faith. And faith--religious or otherwise--is all most of us have to make do with...
FAUX FOREIGN FUNDS Here's a conundrum. Your portfolio should have some foreign exposure. Yet some major global tech funds hold big positions in American companies to mitigate risk. Ironically, that has saved their bacon this year. But if your portfolio is already heavy with U.S. tech stocks, owning one of these "international" funds may not offer the diversification you're seeking...