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...milk and honey–comes straight from Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 novel Little Women. And who doesn’t remember Fitzgerald’s description of Jay Gatsby: “He literally glowed?” But neither was the town of Plumfield overrun with food-stuffs nor our favorite social climber actually luminescent. [EDITOR'S NOTE APPENDED...
...went on, “who doesn’t remember Fitzgerald’s description of Jay Gatsby: ‘He literally glowed?’ But neither was the town of Plumfield overrun with food-stuffs nor our favorite social climber actually luminescent...
...Keeper’s Crypt,” which the website solemnly promises will elevate visitors to “a whole new dimension in terror.” The venue, which supposedly used to house a coven of witches but is now overrun by a slew of supernatural “creatures of the night,” also boasts a comprehensive jack-o-lantern gallery in which pumpkins are carved to look like famous characters from American horror movies. Admission is $22—quite a pretty penny! And grab a friend’s car?...
...Afghanistan, an urbane antidote to the depraved rule of the Taliban. In 2004, bolstered by billions of dollars in Western aid and the firepower of 18,000 U.S. troops, Karzai won Afghanistan's first presidential election in a half-century. Since then, nothing has gone right. Taliban guerrillas have overrun swaths of territory in the south, sparking a battle for control with NATO forces that has left 55 Western troops dead in five weeks. Squabbles between Western military commanders and the Karzai government over antidrug policies have allowed poppy growth to reach an all-time peak. It's a sign...
...Governator himself--she never does get an interview with him. Maybe it's just that too many of the clichs about California are so familiar. Is it worth being told again that Hollywood is out of touch, rich people are phony, and the state is overrun with wacky spiritual advisers? There's something unfocused and Californian about I Feel Earthquakes, which made me keep referring to the front flap to be reminded of what, exactly, the book is supposed to be about. It's pleasant enough, but as Gertrude Stein said of her hometown (it was Oakland, Calif.), "There...