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In C.P. Snow's famous 1959 essay, "The Two Cultures," the British novelist and social critic described the huge gap in mutual understanding and shared knowledge between two groups. "Literary intellectuals at one pole--at the other scientists... The degree of incomprehension on both sides is the kind of joke...
The life of the mind in America, 1997, is not what it was in Britain four decades ago. But, with some fiddling, the concept still applies. For literary intellectuals, substitute "Washington," in the metaphorical sense of the world of public affairs that has, to some extent, replaced literary intellectual life...
The world would be a better place, Wolf contends, if we celebrated female sexuality the way so many ancient cultures did. This line of thinking leads to the book's occasional dabblings in scholarship, and the results are often ludicrous. "Confucius, in his Book of Rites," she writes, "held that...
The deal links two techno-forward cultures run by entrepreneurial boomers. Gates, 41, and Roberts, 37, were seated next to each other at a Seattle restaurant seven weeks ago at a dinner Gates was giving for visiting cable executives. Since it was his nickel, Gates complained about the slow pace...
You said New Mexico was the "cool summer state," but how could you not include Gallup in your story? Every August for the past 76 years, this community has celebrated the cultures of the indigenous people of North and South America by hosting the Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial. Gallup may...