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...networks' original reason for being - providing the means of zapping programs to your living room - for all practical purposes no longer exists in the age of cable. Instead, the networks exist as funders and aggregators of programming. A Fox or NBC is merely a helpful mnemonic to remind you where to find "Ally McBeal" or "Providence." In some cases, they've reconceived themselves not as broadcasters, but brands: the raison d'etre of The WB, say, is to be your one- stop-shopping source for teenage-witch dramas...
...Personally, I'm not a big fan of looking at stuff that makes me ill. It doesn't feel as important or profound as experiencing something of great beauty. Mostly I just get tired of it. But "Marbles in My Underpants," needs to exist, if not for the pleasure of aesthetic masochists, than at least for sake of debate. After all, once you are debating whether a work is art or not, you have already proven...
...There is a feeling that double standards exist and that the OECD allows more leeway to its own members than to those outside. But the Isle of Man has made a pre-emptive strike of its own. It announced that taxes in general would come down, with the corporate levy slashed to 10% over the next few years and the top income tax rate falling from last year's 20% to 15%. Universally low taxes should pre-empt claims of ring-fencing...
Japan's game is structured differently from its American cousin. In the U.S., the 30 major league teams, which draw more than 72 million fans annually, exist purely for profit. They maintain extensive farm and scouting systems and are run by people with years of experience in the pro game. Japan's teams, concentrated mainly in the Tokyo and Osaka areas, exist primarily to advertise the products of their corporate owners - like the pork sold by the sponsors of the Nippon Ham Fighters. They invest sparingly in player development: only one farm team per franchise is the norm, and teams...
...second reason for opposing a living wage is that it fundamentally misinterprets the proper role of universities, which is to promote learning and increase knowledge. Harvard does not exist to be an agent for social change, and it never has. While it is appropriate for students to question University policies that are obviously unjust, Harvard’s present wage structure does not fall into that category. Assuming that Harvard meets the requirements of legality and basic fairness, the administration’s highest priority should be to advance the academic ends for which Harvard was created...