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...calls the Iraq War, for example, a “foolishly optimistic effort to bring ‘enlightened’ democracy to a nation in darkness” but completely overlooks the country’s ties to Middle Eastern oil. For someone who takes painstaking steps to convey her well-read background and advocates greater intellectual discourse within the nation, Jacoby is woefully ignorant about political science. She omits arguments that seem intrinsic to her claims, most notably Tocqueville’s “tragedy of the commons” and Burke’s trustee-versus...
While you're struggling to find the appropriate original inscription to convey your feelings, however, Internet users across the U.S. are deciding not to reinvent the wheel, searching instead for existing love poems, perhaps to lift a few lines for expediency's sake. Starting the last week in January, Internet searches for "love poems" begin their yearly climb toward a spike in Valentine's Day week...
It’s perhaps more important, however, that we come to grips with our unique cultural context. First, the fact is that we are among the first generations to be raised in a society saturated by the mass media (and the often jarring images they convey), and this cannot be understated. How else can we explain our capacity to bear witness to such terrible things without ever taking political action? We seem appallingly able to witness devastating crimes on the television and then go back to pleasant dinner conversation, almost without blinking...
...pessimism and melancholy” with—appropriately enough—dread. “I’m currently facing it with white-knuckle terror, and eventually the panic will fester into a boil that will goad me into action,” Rakoff says.To convey its tone, he cites a YouTube clip of his favorite depressing song. The video sets images from the Great Depression and the First World War against Bing Crosby’s rendition of “Brother Can You Spare a Dime?” Though he finds the song...
...doesn’t blend into the monotony. Sparse drumbeats and a wandering bass line make for a very original interplay with a vibratto-heavy guitar (think “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” but less cheesy). “The Fox” manages to convey a sense of foreboding thanks in part to the haunting cello, which is quite a relief after so much uniform distortion. The album closes with a mediocre lullaby about love and dying, which emphasizes the cello even more, but fails to hold the listener’s attention. A pared...