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This should not come as a surprise. As Obama has stepped into the bright media spotlight, he has become more like the other candidates who for the most part are “listening to their handlers and gurus and fat-cat contributors,” as Bob Herbert of the New York Times so aptly put it. This is a formula for caution, not courage. If Obama continues with this tempered approach, he runs the risk of losing support to candidates like John Edwards, who has already shown a tendency to take politically bold positions on issues such...
MAKE PEACE WITH YOUR CLUTTER Organizational gurus may reclaim shelf space by getting clients to trash their high school honors or sentimental icons, but aren't their homes losing a bit of personality and history? There's a reason Rachael Ray is gaining on Martha Stewart, Freedman says. People are naturally a little clumsy and messy, and try as we might to cultivate monastery-like sanctuaries, clutter creeps back. Accept that, and you'll stress less...
...Harvard’s questionable investments do not necessarily signify a moral lapse. The HMC maintains no direct control over the Barclay’s holdings, which, like those of any mutual fund, change over time in response to market fluctuations. However, the University’s financial gurus cannot ignore what is in plain sight. Now that it is clear to Harvard and the world that a sizable portion of Harvard’s endowment is supporting the actions of Sinopec and PetroChina, the HMC should find a way to dispose of the shares...
...secret to The Secret's success is the effective way Byrne edits her interviews with 24 so-called "teachers" - prosperity preachers, chiropractic healers, relationship gurus, life coaches, motivational speakers and other empowerment hustlers - into one clear, cohesive voice. The teachers, many of whom have large audiences of their own, were also instrumental in promoting the DVD, touting it in e-mails to millions of their followers. "The film delivers a timely message in a way that's accessible, whether or not you've ever explored this direction before," says Hale Dwoskin, one of the two dozen featured teachers. Dwoskin, author...
...location of Ganesh Gaitonde, India's most-wanted gangster. By the time Singh gets to him, though, Gaitonde is dead, apparently by his own hand. Now Singh has to find out why-a quest that leads him into a murky labyrinth of pimps, Pakistani agents, Bollywood starlets, new-age gurus and would-be nuclear terrorists. Like the city it's set in, Chandra's epic is sometimes slow moving and occasionally overambitious; but like Bombay, its flaws are outweighed by its virtues. Chief among these is the way Chandra takes you inside the world of a Bombay cop. After reading...