Word: diversionism
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The last time control of Congress was up for grabs in a midterm election, it seemed Republican candidates across the country couldn't see enough of--or be seen enough with--George W. Bush. In the closing five days of 2002, Bush swooped through 17 cities, playing to tens of...
China has long referred to the Yellow River - which runs a silted (hence "yellow") course from the plains of Qinghai near Tibet to the Bohai Bay, opposite the Korean Peninsula - as "China's Sorrow." The name refers to the floods that have plagued people along its banks for millennia, but...
Time, we think, lends perspective to the way in which we consider historical events. The passing of years helps us to understand what it was that happened long ago - as we could not when we were caught up in all its immediacy. Much as an artist is able to do...
This is a disappointment on two counts. For one thing, I?m not at all certain that Williams is a performer whose highest gifts need to be doled out in small doses. Back when he was doing stand-up in solo TV appearances I never found him tiresome. Those appearances...
This isn’t raising the bar. It’s a diversion of attention from more serious structural failures in our education system. The final purpose of higher education is to provide an environment in which young adults explore and build according to their own plans. Though this...