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...write about what interests you. Learn new and exciting things, whether it's about the Middle East, in my last book [Exile], or the Presidential race, for this book, and translate it for readers in a way that hopefully engages them emotionally but also interests them in the subject matter. It's just great work...
...another way, the networks and studios are making the depressing bet that "quality" - i.e., original scripts - doesn't matter that much to the market. But who's to say they're wrong? Media consumers are deluged with diversions, many of them free. Even the New York Times couldn't get enough subscribers to sustain a paid online-subscription plan...
...India and China have argued against enforcing strict emission controls in their countries, on the grounds that these could hinder their economic growth and prompt a global economic slowdown. But the new IEA report says working with China and India on alternative energy sources and curbing emissions is a matter of global urgency...
...perceived as a departure from the country's long-standing approach of seeking pragmatic solutions that aim to reduce the harm of drug use. Questions of drug legality here are hardly a matter of principle. Relatively light drugs as marijuana are not prosecuted in an attempt to isolate their use from that of more addictive drugs, and health services trade used heroin needles for fresh ones to prevent the spread of diseases like AIDS...
...live in the United States for the rest of my life. It wasn’t a spiteful decision. This is a wonderful country populated by wonderful—if somewhat obese, abrasive, and bellicose—people. But it isn’t my country, and no matter how long I might have to live here, I sincerely doubt that it could ever be home. If I am to be true to myself, I’ll need state-funded healthcare, official bilingualism, and curling to survive.I didn’t come to that realization flushed with patriotism, however...