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Usually we know politicians by their character. In the case of Fred Thompson, chairman of the Senate committee investigating campaign-finance abuses, we may get insight from his characters. Between 1979 and 1994, Thompson acted in 18 feature films. Some of the lines he had in those movies seem germane to his current work: chairing hearings...
Still, Joystick Nation offers more than enough wisdom, humor and insight to make it an engaging treatise on how video games have moved beyond the kiddie arcades and into the cultural fabric of modern society...
...gain a better insight into this dilemma, we must first seek to recognize how Harvard promotes conformity, and then to determine appropriate methods of resistance. One common method that is used to indoctrinate precocious young undergraduates with the philosophy necessary to succeed among America's elite is to place an inordinate value on tradition. The enshrinement of tradition begins with Harvard itself; students are continually exposed to the notion that Harvard's storied past, its influential alumni, and its continuing prestige are worthy of an almost sacred respect...
...what needs to be jettisoned. The old money, established, white, male Harvard no longer represents the diverse student body that pulses on this campus. But does our present diversity and understanding of past exclusions mean we have to reject this institution's past? I think we can draw insight from the examples of American immigrants. Just as those who immigrate to this country adopt the American Revolution as their revolution of independence, despite the chasms of class, race and ethnicity that may divide modern immigrants to the Minute Men of two centuries ago, we, too can feel connected to Harvard...
...equivalent of a complete issue of TIME produced by a single writer. "I felt like a stable owner who had sunk all his money into one Thoroughbred," says assistant managing editor Christopher Porterfield, who oversaw the project. Happily for us, Hughes never pulled up lame. His insight and his vigorous prose perfectly frame the lavish illustrations, which range from a 17th century Puritan headstone to Jackson Pollock's energetic Abstract Expressionism...