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Elaine C. Hagopian, professor emerita of sociology at Simmons College, told the assembled protesters that the U.S. is using the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks as an excuse to enact a foreign policy she characterized as seeking a “New World Empire...
Ace’s production—digital and gritty in contrast to the warm sample-driven beats of long-time collaborator Blockhead—enact the simultaneous symbiosis and struggle between Western culture and technology. Though all hip-hop does this in a sense, Ace brings the topic into relief. The title track is a distorted dirge complimented by the arrhythmic plucking of an acoustic guitar. Before long the beat skips and stalls, as if some digital demon in the stereo were trying fervently to spin the disc the other direction. Later, over a beat that features an incessantly...
...don’t want to sound as though I have no sympathy for bartenders who suck down the equivalent of a pack of smokes every night on the job, and I fully support serious restrictions on smoking. Ban it in all bars and clubs over a certain size. Enact strict air quality regulations, forcing bars to use fans and ventilation systems to cut down on smokiness. Hell, ban smoking before 9 p.m. in all bars; bar owners would certainly accept it and all other regulations over a total prohibition...
...paternalistic “do as I say” attitude that has been the real driving force behind this legislation. Smoking is obviously an unfortunate and dangerous habit but there is a huge difference between what decisions health-conscious people should make and what laws the government should enact...
...paternalistic “do as I say” attitude that has been the real driving force behind this legislation. Smoking is obviously an unfortunate and dangerous habit but there is a huge difference between what decisions health-conscious people should make and what laws the government should enact...