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...entirely right to investigate Hamas and to hold it to account for the brutal killings carried out in its name. But to a certain extent we all missed another, crucial part of the election story. Such was the despair amongst Palestinians at the poor leadership of Yasser Arafat and his officials over the previous decade that they were prepared to vote for Hamas in large numbers, despite the consequences...
...tropes and conventions of “pop” music in their own different ways, today’s independent music seems to be working deliberately in the opposite direction. Indie’s current incarnation—the Pitchfork generation—insists, almost to an iconoclastic extent, on wearing the vestments of that underground lineage as a sort of caricature; on aspiring, not to form in spite of experimentation, but experimentation in spite of form. The parameters and the expectations have become more apparent, but a sense of purpose or identity is startlingly absent.Few albums illustrate this...
...traveled that road, and know that there are disappointments. You don’t always find what you’re looking for, to say the least, but sometimes things work out all right. Let’s dig in.Remixes, Mashups, Mixtapes, Bastard Pop, Radiomixes. The extent to which these musical terms, constructs, and formats have achieved ubiquity has become a truism. I mean, Christ, with the upcoming campus performance by Girl Talk and links to the Ratatat remixes being sent out over house lists, even the Harvard community is up on it. Most attribute this popularity to the inability...
...impose a windfall profits tax on oil companies in order to provide a $1,000 rebate to families for purchasing gasoline. Under this corporate tax, the cost of production for domestic oil companies would increase. Companies would then decrease production, reducing supply, and increasing prices to consumers to an extent that offsets the rebate. Corporate oil taxes have been implemented–and have failed–before. Under the Carter administration, this type of tax proved to be inefficient, meaning that families might not receive a full rebate and possibly increasing the federal deficit...
...race to the bottom. China on Oct. 29 cut its interest rates for the third time in six weeks, and the BOJ is expected to cut its key policy rate below the current 0.5% soon. Though rates in Japan are already almost nil, Tokyo's hand is to an extent being forced by Washington. That's because as U.S. rates fall, fewer investors are willing to hold U.S. dollar debt, which undermines the value of American currency vs. the yen - and a stronger yen is bad news for Japan. It makes the country's exports more expensive, curtailing economic growth...