Word: minding
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...appear to him in Dickens-like fashion to “Teach him the true meaning of patriotism.”It seems clear that this film was created for a conservative audience, or if nothing else, a xenophobic, interventionalist, sexist, and racist one.With this conservative comedy in mind, I started thinking about the “liberal” approach to poking fun at conservative politics and society. This election has provided a healthy portion of such media, from heavyweights like The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, and Saturday Night Live, but there’s something remarkably different...
...We’ll find out soon enough whether Biden’s offensive jokes or Palin’s feeble mind surrendered the ten-second clip that lost either of their more able running mates the election. But just as last week’s show did nothing to advance the debate, except maybe exclude bracelets from future episodes, last night’s will do no more to put voters on the path toward making the right choice. The problem remains the same: a contest in which the rules are designed to save face will give...
...with the film’s kitschy romantic storyline. Nick’s bandmates, who are all gay, are possibly the most offensive of the bunch, obsessing over appearances and failing to display any emotional depth. For a film so concerned with what its characters like, it boggles the mind that Nick and Norah choose such awful friends. But it makes sense given how inconsistent their personalities are. Norah is desperate not to be seen as the spoiled daughter of a famous music-producer father, but she is happy to use this position to skip the line at a club...
...their dorms. The worst offenders among us sometimes venture out two to three nights a week, and some of these students drink on at least one of these nights. Recently, some Mt. Auburn final clubs have been heard playing loud music as early in the week as Wednesday. Our minds are in disturbia, indeed: This sort of behavior is an embarrassment. We must collectively cross our fingers that we will narrowly escape The Princeton Review’s list of top party schools next year, as we are teetering on the edge of being publicly exposed as a wild bunch...
...tell today, without knowing what Congress will approve,” she said. “Feasibility depends on political will.” According to Howard K. Koh, a professor of Public Health and former Massachusetts Commissioner of Public Health, Obama’s plan calls to mind some of the main facets of Massachusetts’ own 2006 reform. “Senator Obama’s plan resonates with many of the themes of ‘shared responsibility’ that rallied Massachusetts behind a new 2006 health care reform law...whose results have been...