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...culture.” But at the heart of the entire debate are competing concepts of national identity. For some it means Christian values, English language, and little identification with any specific ethnicity. For others it only means shared values of freedom and justice. Yet, this again, misses the crux of the issue. The truth is that there never has been a “typical” American. We are a nation of many faiths, colors, and ethnicities, and we are strong, not in spite of it, but largely because...
...CRUX A macabre colonial collecting tradition has left dozens of Maori heads on display around the world, but France worries about setting a precedent for returning other human remains, like mummies. If returned, the head will be buried--and, say opponents of repatriation, lost to history...
...bell and fruit-infused water. They stand in an unbreakable circle protected by the four elements—Breezes, Fire, Oceans and Mountains. The “Green Man,” wearing a muscle tee and fishnet wrist warmers, reenacts death after dancing around the circle. In the crux of the ritual, participants walk down through a black veil into a symbolic world of the dead to meditate and say farewell to deceased loved ones. “It was sort of like going down to death and leaving something behind—the fears,” says...
...comparison is far-fetched, perhaps offensive. But it speaks to the crux of what is wrong with this town, which is that it derives too much of its culture, its passion, its self-esteem, from a passive intake of the Eucharist of sports. When the Yankees lose, New Yorkers are pissed, but they quickly get over it and realize all the wonderful things about their city that they can actively, energetically participate in. Boston needs to learn that there is life after January, and that while sports are great, they are still only circuses, performed to give...
According to Stavins, the crux of the agreement and its eventual approval lies in its ability to be credible to and include developing countries, namely China and India. Unfortunately, Stavins said, actually realizing this step remains difficult...