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...argue disturbingly—Second Life has forgone massive potential benefits by fostering a skewed worldview. By simply dividing its Grid world into individual domains to be bought and sold, Second Life forgets the principle of a public good, and does not teach the importance of interdependence that is crucial to adult life in the real world. Such benefits include consideration for the environmental impact of development or the sociological importance of creating stable communities. By overemphasizing profit at the expense of responsibility, Second Life discourages the interpersonal cooperation that could provide an example for our lives in the real...
Afif Safieh, head of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s mission to the United States, told a full audience at the Institute of Politics last night that the current Palestinian governing coalition represents a crucial moment for the Middle East peace process...
...Signers of the letter says that it is also aimed at fellow Republicans - and especially G.O.P. members of Congress - whom they hope to encourage to call for the Attorney General's ouster, a step they argue is crucial to ending damage to the Department of Justice, as well as G.O.P. standing on Capitol Hill...
...movie stars were light-skinned; those that weren't often played comic or villainous relief. But unlike Hollywood, Mexico didn't ignore the race issue. And in Joselito Rodriguez' Angelitos Negros (Little Black Angels), the prejudice of the invaders toward the natives, or anyone with native blood, is crucial, poignant and bizarre. Its script, by Rogelio A. González (from a play by the Cuban Felix B. Caignet), has to be recounted in a little detail to believed. After hearing it, you may still be incredulous...
...decision to seek immunity for Goodling has yet been made. But the question of immunity may be inevitable, because of what some observers see as an endgame for Gonzales, who is scheduled to deliver crucial testimony on his role in the firings next Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Democrats have stressed that even if Gonzales resigns, their investigation into the dismissal of the U.S. attorneys will continue. In that event, the investigation's focus would likely shift to the role of the White House in the firings, and Goodling's contacts with the office of former White House counsel...