Word: giftedness
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In her famed, unambiguously-titled collection of essays “On Photography,” the celebrated American writer Susan Sontag notes that “the camera makes everyone a tourist in other people’s reality, and eventually in one’s own.?...
One of the first tests of whether that new spirit will prevail in Washington may be how Senate Democrats deal with Joe Lieberman, the Connecticut Senator who crossed the aisle to support John McCain in the election. During the campaign, Lieberman angered many in his longtime party by attacking Obama...
If all goes according to plan, by the time current Harvard Republicans enter the fray of national politics, the very same liberals who challenged them as undergraduates will have already joined their party. In 2036, current Harvard liberals may not only be responsible for the rhetorically-gifted HRC alumni on...
In the teeth of a global recession, there are a lot of people thinking and writing about debt. But few of them are Booker Prize--winning novelists, and that's what makes Payback--equal parts philosophical essay, literary criticism and historical narrative--a compelling project from the start. The author...
Long before they ever met each other, these two were kindred spirits. Scorsese's films spoke with a tone that Ebert had never heard before, and Ebert was Scorsese's champion well before the director became a household name. As the two have grown old and famous together, this back...