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...Phillips, the dialogue groups are about much more than good conversation. "It's grass-roots democracy," he says. "It's only in a group setting that people can hash out their ideas about how we should act not just as an individual but as a society." To avoid divisive dead-end arguments, the cafes frequently turn current events into broader philosophical questions. For example, rather than asking whether the U.S. and its allies should have invaded Iraq, a group asked, "What is a just war?" Instead of arguing about whether gay couples should marry, another cafe asked, "What...
...there being fewer and fewer people left who remember it, and with siblings, your minds meld and you piece together the story of the big Keillor family meeting at our house in 1947--no need for footnotes or apology, you just sit down in Les Deux Magots cafe and hash it out, as French people of great elegance and purposefulness stride past, one of whom reminds you of your dad, a gray fedora on his head, smiling at the Revere movie camera as yellow streetcars rumble down Bloomington Avenue in 1953, and we children perk up and smile--someone...
...arguments for and against an Ivy League tournament are pretty straightforward, and because I don’t really have the patience or the inclination to hash it all out here, I’ll just summarize it for you. The fans of the six non-P’s love the idea and Penn and Princeton fans hate...
...Wednesday, PBS' Charlie Rose convened a panel of savants to hash out the controversy of the film's purported anti-Semitism and Gibson's provocative and defensive public statements. A hash some of them made of it. Leading the attack, Vanity Fair's Christopher Hitchens appropriated rhetorical tactics employed by both political fringes. Like some segments of the Christian right when Last Temptation and Dogma came out, he called for a boycott of a film he apparently had not seen. And he exhumed that favorite old pejorative of the Bolsheviks, fascist: he said the movie is "quite distinctly fascist...
...es”—commands this well-known 83-year institution, and that’s a punned order you’re only too happy to follow. Make a point of trying their extensive weekend brunch offerings, which include the popular Roasted Salmon Hash (9.95), Oscar eggs served with scrumptious potato pancakes (9.95) and Belgian waffles (7.95). The restaurant is large but so is the brunch crowd, so be prepared to wait for a table. For the impatient, there’s always the option of getting takeout from the Deli and brunching casually...