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This is not to say that Islamic fundamentalism is dead. But it has suffered a grievous blow. Its great appeal was not just its revival of a glorious past but also the promise that it was the wave of the future, the inexorable tide that would sweep through not just Arabia but all Islam--and one day the world...
...sunscreen with "wings" made of 72 steel-pipe ribs. They rise and fall from a diagonal spine like a bird on an ascending flight path. Technically, Calatrava's great wings are functional--when closed they shield the museum's arching skylight. In fact, their real function is pure glorious gesture, a flourish of structural brio. When opened their lovely wingspan gives the museum a stratospheric silhouette and Milwaukee a stunning new landmark...
...that's okay, because at least our 14-year-olds won't be watching tequila ads during The Late Show. Instead, they'll be watching car commercials, dreaming of the glorious day they can take off down the local pike at Autobahn speeds, just like the guy in the ad - you know, the one who always gets the girl? It doesn't matter than accidents rank as the fifth-leading cause of death in the U.S., with car crashes claiming 500 children ages 5 to 9 each year, and injuring 95,000. It's certainly not important to note that...
...photos of the Taliban soldier being murdered were the saddest things I have seen in a long time. War is truly senseless and vile. I'm not a pacifist, but I am opposed to those who would proclaim that there is something glorious or heroic about going into battle. If war was necessary in Afghanistan, so be it; but I urge everyone who says it was to look closely at the man who is being brutalized in these photos and remember that when violence is institutionalized, this kind of madness will erupt sooner or later. I don't usually consider...
...riding IT around downtown in a few years, IT really wasn’t worth all of the advance press. The mystery that surrounded IT for a year attracted wild speculation from dorky nerds and nerdy dorks alike—people who hoped and prayed that when the glorious day came, the product would justify all of the hours they had spent in IT chat rooms and IT bulletin boards...