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...everything.” His mother butts in: “What is that your business? What has the universe got to do with it? You’re here in Brooklyn! Brooklyn is not expanding!” The exchange is a comically morose take on the idea that genius is childhood recaptured at will; for Woody Allen, grown-up gloom is simply the mature form of a congenital quirk: existential thinking...
...grant was first awarded to 21 individuals in June 1981. But the idea had been germinating since 1978, when a MacArthur board member, William Kirby, brought to his cohorts' attention an article from the American Heart Journal in which a doctor named George Burch argued a fund should be set up to support individuals whose contributions to society would multiply if they were unshackled from financial constraints. With the encouragement of John D. MacArthur's son, Roderick, the Fellows Program was formed...
...Your spouse or another family member: Baber: You hear all the time about the people who put the suit on and go to the office because they can?t stand the idea of trying to talk to their spouse about losing a job. So never say ?You should have? or any of the blaming stuff. It?s over and you can?t change anything, so you have to say ?I?m upset and I?m worried, but we?re going to move forward.? And take the time to talk...
Barack Obama has never been particularly shy about his hope to reshape the political landscape of a country deeply divided between red and blue. To much fanfare earlier this year, his campaign launched into general-election mode pledging to make a serious play in all 50 states. The idea was scoffed at by Republicans as a waste of time and money, and lauded by many Democrats as at least a shrewd way to tie up the GOP's resources. But until recently, even as some anxious Democrats started to view the 50-state strategy as an indulgence their candidate could...
...Candidates are not held to the same commercial standard, and the reason is simple: their statements and advertisements are considered "political speech," which falls under the protection of the First Amendment. The noble idea undergirding what otherwise seems like a political loophole is the belief that voters have a right to uncensored information on which to base their decisions. Too often, however, the result is a system in which the most distorted information comes from the campaigns themselves. And as this year's presidential race is showing, that presents an opportunity for a candidate willing to go beyond simple distortions...