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Part Telemundo, part Imitation of Life, Spanglish seems to deal mostly with the inevitable cultural clash between Mexican immigrants and Americans. Still, it plays itself out carefully, never dabbling in Manichean dramatics to make banal statements about assimilation. It doesn’t make light of the cultural clash, but it is never too didactic. With natural dialogue and fantastic performances, Brooks is able to show us the common situations Mexican immigrants face and how funny they...
Supporters of the divestment campaign insist they seek to protest the policies of the Sharon government, and not to de-legitimize Israel. I do not doubt the sincerity of this claim, although I cannot help but be bewildered by the Manichean world-view some display. It seems that some of the signers believe that one can only be a supporter of divestment or a supporter of the government of Israeli Prime Minster Ariel Sharon. This belief is apparent in Professor of Psychology Elizabeth Spelke’s and Pierce Professor of Psychology Ken Nakayama’s invitation...
...will in fact bring peace and security to the region; it is, of course, not clear that it will not. Yet, despite the uncertainties that efforts towards peaceful compromise will bear any fruit, Israel has made significant efforts to reach an agreement. But such acknowledgement would undermine the basic Manichean structure of the petitioners’ narrative in which all blame rests entirely with the Jews...
...easy part. The new world order that Bush laid out for the country is far less clear than the rhetoric would imply. Despite his insistence that "you are either with us or with the terrorists" the United States still faces a world of ambiguity rather than Manichean contrast. Even as Bush?s speech came to an end, NBC?s Andrea Mitchell reported that Iran is sending signals that it is supportive of our fight against the Taliban. And yet Iran, according to the U.S. State Department, is one of the states that sponsors terrorism. How do we deal with Tehran...
...easy part. The new world order that Bush laid out for the country is far less clear than the rhetoric would imply. Despite his insistence that "you are either with us or with the terrorists" the United States still faces a world of ambiguity rather than Manichean contrast. Even as Bush?s speech came to an end, NBC?s Andrea Mitchell reported that Iran is sending signals that it is supportive of our fight against the Taliban. And yet Iran, according to the U.S. State Department, is one of the states that sponsors terrorism. How do we deal with Tehran...