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...Kindly Ones is unmistakably the work of a profoundly gifted writer, if not an especially disciplined one. Littell's great insight is into the damage that genocide does to those who perpetrate it. The Nazi bureaucracy has sold Max and his colleagues on mass murder as a hygienic solution to Germany's woes, regrettable but necessary. But carrying it out tears them to pieces. They stumble around half mad and constantly drunk. They wall off the horror, but it oozes through the cracks. The work of destruction is feeding back into them, destroying them in turn. "What if murder weren...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Good Soldier | 3/19/2009 | See Source »

...there's a true insight into this mess if you just step back and consider the bigger picture, not just AIG. Regardless of the details of the various swap contracts, they all represent potential transfers of wealth between financial institutions. If we consolidated the entire financial sector, all these debts would effectively vanish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Case for Letting AIG Fail | 3/16/2009 | See Source »

...site will allow researchers to compare how different news organizations in the United States and abroad cover stories, offering new insight as to how blogs and online news outlets shape contemporary coverage...

Author: By Elias J. Groll, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HLS Center Monitors Media | 3/13/2009 | See Source »

...resisting Warner Bros.’ efforts to shorten and update the film. With an R rating, Snyder was able to embrace the sex and violence of the novel and maintain its setting: a fictional 1985 in which a fifth-term Nixon celebrates American triumph in Vietnam. Our insight into this alternate reality comes from primary narrator and protagonist Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley), whose deliciously gravel voice, hangdog look, and uncanny resemblance to his novel counterpart lend the movie its most gripping and startling moments.Snyder’s cast performs smoothly and largely carries the tone of the story?...

Author: By Alexander R. Konrad, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Watchmen | 3/12/2009 | See Source »

...appears there are some out there who have yet to truly grasp the essence of the VOID.  Worry not, we've only just begun.  But for more insight, this trailer captures the spirit quite well...

Author: By Aparicio J. Davis | Title: VOID 3/10/09 O_O | 3/11/2009 | See Source »

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