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...inspire suppressed peoples everywhere? I recently gave a talk to about 30 students from China at a journalism class at a Hong Kong university. Riots had erupted in China's Xinjiang province between the indigenous Uighurs and Han Chinese immigrants only days before. The subject quickly turned to Western press coverage of the upheaval, which tended to portray the Uighurs as a beleaguered minority deprived of opportunity. Why, the students asked, do Western media report stories so differently than the Chinese (state-controlled) media? What quickly became clear was their unstated attitude: What right do you Americans have imposing your...
...Fountainhead, an epic novel chronicling the struggles of an architect named Howard Roark against conventional values, was her breakout work. In her race to get the sprawling 700-page book to press, she began taking the amphetamine Benzedrine to fuel her efforts. "Rand used it to power her last months of work on the novel, including several 24-hour sessions correcting page proofs," writes Burns. The book brought Rand financial security and fame...
...book has received favorable reviews in the press, and popular Harvard Professor of Psychology Daniel Gilbert raved about their new book: “We think we are individuals who control our own fates, but as Christakis and Fowler demonstrate, we are merely cells in the nervous system of a much greater beast,” he wrote. “If someone you barely know reads Connected, it could change your life forever...
...failure of those Palestinian leaders aligned with U.S. peacemaking efforts - could ignite a new Palestinian intifada. And if a new confrontation does occur, it's a safe bet that there'll be voices on both sides blaming President Obama for having raised unrealistic expectations and prompting both sides to press their claims on the ground...
...Nobel award has been universally acknowledged, not least by Obama himself, as premature. Some have argued - and the Committee's own statement suggested as much - that its purpose is to enhance the President's authority to press forward on his peace quest in the Middle East and beyond. In truth, however, the Nobel confers no recognized authority on the laureate, only attention - one gift President Obama most certainly does not need. But even if the award does nothing for Obama's ability to achieve his goals, some observers hope it will reinforce the President's will to press for peace...