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...atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?have been relegated to a historical footnote? Driven to find the answer, Chang wrote The Rape of Nanking, a landmark work of history that helped push the 1937 bloodbath into the public's consciousness and the then-29-year-old American to the forefront of nonfiction writing. Criticized by some Japanese scholars who questioned its accuracy, Chang's book received wide acclaim almost everywhere else; the late Stephen Ambrose called her "maybe the best young historian we've got." Last year, she followed up The Rape of Nanking with The Chinese in America...
Race and education emerged at the forefront of a nationwide debate last year as the Supreme Court ruled on two lawsuits challenging the University of Michigan’s affirmative action policies...
Eminem, in particular, has been at the forefront of the recent news about celebrity activity in the political campaign. Especially noteworthy was the recent release of his video “Mosh”—as incoherent and sophomoric an attempt at political analysis as anything over the past decade. It says quite a bit about our impoverished political discourse that the release of this video was eagerly anticipated by many in progressive circles and is regarded as a legitimate contribution to the campaign against Bush. This is troubling because as far as I can gauge from watching...
This is precisely the sort of tripe that we should be trying to limit from political campaigns. “Mosh” stands out at the forefront because of its explicitly political nature and catchy tune that is sure to get almost constant replay on MTV and other networks covering the artist’s “valuable” addition to the current campaign. However, while “Mosh” is sure to get a few extra people to the voting booths next Tuesday, are the kind of people who get their political information from...
...most integrity, intelligence, leadership, and vision—Ralph Nader. And if I knew that my one vote would be the deciding one that enabled President Bush to be elected over Senator Kerry, I’d still vote for Ralph. The movement Mr. Nader is at the forefront of will undoubtedly gain momentum when the time is right—when more people become disenfranchised with the Democratic and Republican Parties’ corporate-led politics and become cognizant of Mr. Nader’s veracious message of reform. If we all must suffer through four more years...