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...irony (yes, irony) of pop culture's crisis is that critics have spent many Britneyed, Rush Houred and Spy TVed years bemoaning a shallow culture suited to trivial times. Our war culture, if it comes to that, may well go both darker and lighter at the same time in response to today's troubles. It may even, in some perverse way, improve. But could anyone be blamed for counting the days until we can be so unfortunate as to live in shallow, trivial times again...
...hope to take from these recent events a heightened ability to move between the realms of casual frivolity and significant personal reflection with greater ease. With an anchored awareness of the world around me and a mature sense of priority, I hope to be able to enjoy the lighter side of life, the fashion and make-up and week-long crushes, without being chained to mindless tedium. I’d like to have an appreciation for silliness without living an especially superficial life. If anything, I believe that having lived through the recent events will clarify...
Most likely we will need more special-operations forces and not so many artillery outfits; more self-contained operational forces and less logistical backup. We will want to go in quick and light, with minimal time for planning and deployment, and the smallest possible footprint. We will need lighter-weight communications with longer-lasting batteries and new small arms effective at close quarters and longer ranges. We want to pack our punch into smaller, more mobile packages. If we need heavy firepower, we want to call it down from the sky rather than backpack it in. We will be putting...
...Capitol. Not the fake image they stick behind Darryl Hammond or whoever happens to be playing the president now on “Saturday Night Live,” but the actual Capitol dome. And when I looked at it, from home or work, I felt lighter, happier, inspired. I know it sounds hackneyed, but the more I lived in Washington, and the more time I spent in the Capitol and around the Congress, the more the sight of that building moved me. Wherever I went in and around D.C., even as far south as Alexandria, I would look back...
...model Bidanya Barassa, 23, a 1998 finalist in the Face of Africa pageant, a beauty contest run by the South African TV company M-Net that showcases African models of all shades. Barassa says she has lost out in other pageants and for jobs because judges or clients prefer lighter-skinned models. She didn't mind too much, she says, because she knows she has the qualities of a good model. In time, perhaps other Africans will come to recognize that black is beautiful...