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George W. Bush and Nancy Pelosi both know that if you want to breathe the rarefied air at the highest echelons of the U.S. government, you have to ignore the media buzzards. When I was watching Fox News recently, and she walked into the room, I had to explain that Sean Hannity was spending the month leading up to the election warning America that Speaker Pelosi would destroy this nation. She asked, "Which one is Hannity...
...explain the mania surrounding Obama's political career, Joe Klein quoted Shelby Steele, who said that "it's all about gratitude" and that white Americans are enthusiastic about the Senator because he allows them to forget about "racial guilt." As an Asian American who strongly supports Obama, where do I fall? Once again, a conversation on race has been reduced to white and black. I am energized by the Senator because he is smart, thoughtful and pragmatic. He represents me, a Democrat with strong Christian values. He knows the struggle of trying to attain the American Dream and the difficulties...
...nearly enough to squelch Moore’s overall enthusiasm about the show. She insists that her involvement with “American Grace” has been the right move. As to why the dance is so important to her, Moore can’t exactly explain...
...myriad licks and blues scales out of the same Gibson SG all night, fingering and manning the whammy bar with such dexterity that his hands seemed not to match up with the sounds he was producing. Carney pounded himself into exhaustion by show’s end, which might explain the brevity of the encore, comprised of just two songs from 2004’s excellent “Rubber Factory.” It’s tough work constructing the spine to prop up Auerbach’s complex guitar work, and Carney, teeth gritted, threw his whole...
...common rooms began to be decontaminated. An event such as this can only be interpreted as the will of a higher power for us to say something cute: Perhaps this is a clear reason why being Quadded isn’t so bad. Maybe this is the time to explain why fluid dynamics should be included in the Core. Possibly this is the key piece of evidence for understanding why the grass seems so much greener in Eliot. Perchance this can serve as the metaphoric link to arguing that, despite all the hours it spends debating, the Undergraduate Council doesn?...