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...Other pundits would have me believe that homemakers are wicked. I'm not sure what's so wicked about them. Apparently they don't let their children outdoors without two undershirts and a hooded jacket. And they rat out neighbors who don't sew their own Halloween costumes. Their children grow up thinking a woman's place is in the kitchen, or on the couch watching reruns of Ellen. They deny their own oppression, and their depression too. Blinded by their devotion to full-time motherhood, they ignore the scientific research on how day-care children have more verbal skills...
...cable TV. With a subscription to Netflix, you can watch all of the HD DVD titles that come out as they launch. While it might not rival what Blu-ray has promised for sometime in the future, the HD DVD catalog - with The Matrix, Shawshank Redemption, Full Metal Jacket, Jarhead and Chronicles of Riddick all guaranteed in the next month or two - is more attractive than what's shown collectively on Showtime, HBO, InHD and HDNet. Even if you chuck it aside the minute your shiny new PS3 comes through the door, you will have gotten your money's worth...
...After McClellan cleaned out his office over the weekend, Snow arrived at his West Wing desk on Monday to find a ceremonial flak jacket holding a chain of secret notes from his predecessor, a tradition going back to Ron Nessen, press secretary to President Gerald R. Ford. Snow's first televised briefing will be Monday...
Nintendo gave TIME the first look at its new controller--but before I pick it up, Miyamoto suggests that I remove my jacket. That turns out to be a good idea. The first game I try--Miyamoto walks me through it, which to a gamer is the rough equivalent of getting to trade bons mots with Jerry Seinfeld--is a Warioware title (Wario being Mario's shorter, fatter evil twin). It consists of dozens of manic five-second mini games in a row. They're geared to the Japanese gaming sensibility, which has a zany, cartoonish, game-show bent...
Harvard is an amazing place to be a student athlete—just ask any student who makes the sacrifices necessary to wear a jersey, singlet, unisuit, or jacket with “Harvard” stiched on it. But the separation between athletics and academics need not span the Charles. As University Hall reexamines its core curriculum and social programming, it ought to more clearly understand the athletic lifestyle and the ever-changing needs of student-athletes as well...