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...important thing to consider is why you’re so uncomfortable with public kissing. If it’s merely that you value your privacy, fine. But is it because you’re embarrassed? Or that it’s a public display of commitment (PDC) and you’re not cool with that...
TIME's cover stories on the election of Pope Benedict XVI and about his religious philosophy were excellent [May 2]. I believe he was chosen by the Holy Spirit. It's fine to talk of worldly politics, but in the end, the Pope, Christ's vicar on earth, is elected simply because it is the will of God. I have absolutely no doubt that Benedict is the right man to lead the church...
Charles Krauthammer's essay "Did Chess Make Him Crazy?" [May 2] unfortunately looked at only the negative aspects of the Bobby Fischer saga. Krauthammer should know that there's a fine line between genius and madness. He wrote that Fischer "fell off a psychic cliff," but that's not generally how the game of chess affects people. I have been playing chess since I was in elementary school. It helped me tremendously with concentration, analytical skills, organizing and prioritizing. It made me what I am today: an engineer and International Chess Master. The experiences of the majority of chess players...
...November, the Festival D'Automne in Paris will premiere three new pieces, continuing a French love affair with her work. "It's a bit of an empire thing for them," Lim explains, "where they're interested in what's happening in Mongolia, in Iran ?" Which suits her just fine. "I'm always looking out for points of inspiration," she says...
...Jong Il's idiosyncrasies can overshadow his atrociousness. With his bouffant hair, platform shoes, "pleasure groups" of attractive young women, and lusty appetite for fine wine and sushi, the North Korean dictator sometimes comes across more like a movie villain than a true menace. In Rogue Regime: Kim Jong Il and the Looming Threat of North Korea, veteran journalist Jasper Becker dutifully recounts the strange tales of Kim's extravagance. But the author is less concerned with the Dear Leader's personality quirks than with the murder and misery under Kim's brutal rule. To Becker, Kim Jong...