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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Many people in France talk of the "Asterix syndrome" and the "village gaulois" (Gallic village), the idea that tiny, embattled France needs to defend itself against the encroaching cultural influences of the U.S., or the English language, or both. Usually used pejoratively, the terms indicate an inward, backward-looking way...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asterix at 50: The Comic Hero Conquers the World | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

Certainly, there may be women who will do better after taking flibanserin, says Judy Norsigian, executive director of the women's health advocacy Our Bodies Ourselves, based in Cambridge, Mass. But she thinks the diagnosis of HSDD unnecessarily medicalizes women's sexual lives. Attempting to treat low libido with a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Female Sexual Dysfunction: Myth or Malady? | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

It is unfortunate, then, that I believe his resignation this past Wednesday is appropriate. Notwithstanding his nominal commitment to improving the life of the average American, there’s a peculiar, troubling quality to Dobbs’s patriotism: his vision of a strong, hard-working America often fails...

Author: By Raúl A. Carrillo | Title: So Long, Lou | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

His resignation has been a long time coming. For several years now, doubts have arisen as to whether Dobbs can separate fact from opinion, and even fact from misinformation. But even worse than his flirtations with journalistic integrity, Dobbs has used his platform on America’s most trusted...

Author: By Raúl A. Carrillo | Title: So Long, Lou | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

Dobbs has done much to make clear that his advocacy of the average American omits not only new arrivals but also often American citizens of cultural backgrounds different from his own. Just this past March, Dobbs claimed that the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce was “effectively an...

Author: By Raúl A. Carrillo | Title: So Long, Lou | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

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