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...explained why lame, largely tuneless indie-rock that lacks anything resembling a halfway decent voice, riff or attitude should be allowed to exist beyond a debut album. The mystery is thickened when an elite set of rock critics lionize the banal incomprehensibility as if it held the secret of life, the universe and everything that only the enlightened, fortunate few can understand. Elf Power will gratify those who believe that only mindless plebs think that music is made for listening and enjoyment...
When we were small, our parents told us that instant gratification didn’t exist. Simply wishing for something doesn’t mean you’ll get it, they said; things you want really, really badly, you’ll just have to go and get yourself. Most of us reluctantly accepted this as one of life’s tough facts. Then, of course, we grew up and learned our parents’ dirty secret...
...Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office recently dropped all charges against Davis, as well as his high school friend Trombly, after determining that “sufficient evidence does not exist to allow the Commonwealth [of Massachusetts] to sustain its burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt.” Trombly and Davis were originally charged with drinking in public and resisting arrest, among other counts...
Critics have accused science of being “culturally biased,” arguing that our scientific “laws” would be different if, say, Einstein had been Chinese or Newton had been a woman. They argue that while an external reality might exist, the methods by which we judge it are dominated by a clique of scientists trained in the Western tradition, scientists who have taken it upon themselves to be the arbiters of “objective truth...
...Arab League after telling reporters, “We should be conscious of the superiority of our civilization, which consists of a value system that has given people widespread prosperity in those countries that embrace it, and guarantees respect for human rights and religion. This respect certainly does not exist in Islamic countries.” His remarks were denounced as bigoted, narrow-minded and racist...