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...easy part,” said Theodore S. Gup, Wormser professor of journalism at Case Western and a long-time critic of Hundert. “Knocking the rider off the horse wouldn’t solve the problem...I would have left him time to clean up his mess...
...sanity are buffeted by unwelcome winds, most of them from the U.S. Trouble beckons from the novel's opening lines: "Ever since Michiyo had become their maid, the Miwa household looked worse than ever. Shunsuke, the man of the house, was not pleased. The living room was a mess from the night before, and Michiyo, instead of straightening it up, was having tea in the kitchen with his wife, Tokiko, talking and laughing...
Scotland's most adorable rock collective continues to mess around with disco rhythms and glam-rock guitar licks, but the best songs on its sixth album are the ones that come on the softest. Dress Up in You is built on the same blueprint--sad piano, whispered Stuart Murdoch vocals and a gradual revelation that the song is sung from a female perspective--as many of B&S's earlier hits, while Another Sunny Day takes a pickup soccer game ("I saw you in the corner of my eye on the sidelines/ Your dark mascara bids me to historical deeds...
...understand the sentiments of people who support Romney’s proposal out of their concern for the children who are caught in the middle of this mess. While many of them might support the right of gays to adopt children, they are not so adamant to defend this right if it means that abandoned, endangered children will not be able to find homes as a result of Catholic Charities losing their license. But considering that Catholic Charities arrange an average of 37 adoptions per year, it seems possible that these adoptions can be arranged through other adoption agencies...
...Calling for Cooler Heads I am still saddened by the events unfolding in various Muslim countries following the undesirable and unnecessary publication of cartoons of the Prophet [Feb. 20]. That mess could have been avoided if there had been sensible restraint and mutual respect. Although the delirious arrogance and insolence of the West have long perturbed me, the violence and vehemence whipped up by my fellow Muslims have caused me many sleepless nights. While people generally don't take religious insults lightly, we have overreacted, intensifying the long and undying conflict between two faiths of similar origin. Those tensions...