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...planned international tour is evidence of the director's belief that much of the planet could do with a little truth and reconciliation. Lessac has chosen to stage his play in "conflict and healing zones around the world," he says, places "where people still might not be able to let go of thoughts of victimhood, entitlement, vengeance and denial." He's talking of places like Kosovo or Jerusalem - or Somalia, where civil war between hundreds of clans has raged for 16 years and where it takes many minutes for strangers to introduce themselves, so intricate are the ethnic lineages that...
...referring to. One of the most striking lines in the collection is in Eisenberg’s description of Nathaniel’s apartment, which overlooks the site of the attack: “When they moved in, it probably was the best view on the planet. Then, one morning, out of a clear blue sky, it became for a while, probably the worst.” The fears and questions the attack brings up for both men exacerbate the life crises they were already facing. The beauty of the story lies in the way the stresses the two characters...
...coastal fjords, Patagonian virgin forest and tropical wetlands, a total area of some 3,437 square miles (2.1 million acres) in both Argentina and neighboring Chile. That is the approximate area of Cyprus. He is not trying to create his own country, however. He is trying to save the planet...
...Human Swarm As the debate on carbon emissions and climate change heats up [Jan. 29], I am amazed that a lot of discussions ignore one of the main causes of environmental degradation: overpopulation. We have been breeding like locusts, filling every available space and devouring all available resources. The planet simply cannot sustain such population growth, particularly when everyone understandably aspires to a First World lifestyle. Tackling this problem raises difficult moral, ethical and sociological issues. But if we ignore it, the consequences for humankind are unimaginable. Dick Keane Dublin...
...will be forced to rely on the natural resources of countries with, at the very least, un-democratic governments, including Russia. This may indicate the slow demise of the ideals of Western democracies as the point of reference for the great human rights and environmental issues that the planet will be facing. Inevitably, something else will take their place, and the world’s governing values will emerge from other cultural traditions. For better or worse, America and Europe will learn what it’s like to be a bystander...