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Readers looking for a detailed analysis of the role of Islam will be disappointed. While Kagan recognizes al-Qaeda-inspired terrorism as an ever present threat, he believes that modernity will ultimately triumph in the Middle East, and he dismisses the tenets of radical Islam as "a hopeless dream." As Kagan sees it, we live in "an age of divergence," with a return of great-power nationalism more akin to 19th century Europe than to the end of the cold war. He is under no illusions about the fundamental differences between the U.S. and its increasingly formidable rivals, Russia...
...message is not lost on Nesim, whose dream of becoming a Swiss citizen is turning into a nightmare. Although he has fulfilled all the criteria necessary for naturalization - a 12-year residency requirement, fluent language skills, solid employment record as a mason, and good cultural integration - "I feel ostracized," he says. "I wonder whether I'll ever be 'good enough' to become Swiss...
...Well, maybe not in that empyrean, but arguably in the ballpark. It's hard not to feel warmly toward Allen after VCB, his first vital movie since Match Point three years ago (we quickly throw the veil of oblivion over Scoop and Cassandra's Dream), and maybe his most engaging large-scale effort since, let's say, Crimes and Misdemeanors nearly 20 years ago. It doesn't percolate with the inventive comic situations or quotable one-liners of the films that established his meta-movie credentials, Annie Hall and Manhattan; but, like them, this one is about people whose jobs...
This week, a consumer-electronics company called Roku, in partnership with Netflix, launched a set-top box that brings us tantalizingly close to my dream. The Netflix player ($99 at netflix.com) is a palm-sized, black device that connects your broadband network (wired or wirelessly) to your TV. For as little as $8.99 a month, you can access Netflix's library of 10,000 movies and TV shows on demand. Watch what you want, instantly, for as long as you want. You can even start a movie on your home TV, and finish watching it on your PC laptop...
...group issued an endorsement statement from president Ellen Malcolm. "I am one of the millions of women who have waited all their lives to see the first woman sworn in as President of the United States," wrote Malcolm. "And now we have our best opportunity to see that dream fulfilled." Of course, given that Emily's List exists for the express purpose of electing women, it's no surprise that Malcolm would so quickly embrace Clinton, a candidate so strong she was hailed as the front-runner from the moment she entered the race...