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...rassled my breathing. I didn’t even care about collecting myself until I saw Marshall heading towards us. It was a nice diversion—feeling the shock of seeing a small boy holding his hand. It’s easy to forget a man??s a father when he’s already a veteran and widower.“Marshall!” I said, taking his hand before he took mine.“Miss Moore.”“It’s good, it’s very good...
...long as one man??s terrorist is another man??s freedom fighter, anything that any group—especially the United States military—does with regard to its prisoners will make waves for global security policy and conflict prevention strategies. For that reason, post-Guantánamo detainment must be approached in a much smoother and cautious fashion than similar hot-button issues have been in the past...
...dishonest to pretend that inherent judgments regarding the age and gender of a man??s sexual partner are not at play in the Adams scandal. The story of Sam Adams—that duplicitous homosexual!—indicates something we all already knew: sometimes, politicians lie, whether they’re gay, straight, male or female. End of story. People who insist that this alone is a shocking fact—independent of Adams’s sexuality—are woefully self-deceived...
...work does have redeeming qualities. Perhaps he desired his writing to be subtle and, like his subjects, oddly ordinary. In fact, his understated humor is often lacking in today’s culture. In the end of “Sig Klein’s Fat Man??s Shop,” he writes, “Comforting us / With the notion / That there is indeed / ‘A fit for any sized man,’ / Just look / What’s underneath.” Athough the topic of the store itself is boring, Holder...
...apparent energy of the offbeat band, especially when the piano bridge enters the fray. This hint of inspiration is then corroborated with “Drugs,” which presents the dichotomy of an upbeat 50s pop tune with distorted guitar and crackling vocals. “Old Man?? begins with a heavy reliance on a dreary guitar and keyboard dirge. The first half presents an anthemic quality that would have been fitting in such rock-parodies as Spinal Tap; yet halfway through the song, the chorus takes a cheery psychedelic turn. The album?...