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...about the past 10 years is that hip-hop has become the preeminent force in pop culture, overstepping boundaries of race and class that once restricted it to a limited segment of society. And unless we think Britney Spears or Blink 182 is capable of summing up our most profound, complex emotions, it seems that hip-hop is where we need to look if our generation hopes to identify a spokesperson of its own. The most obvious candidate for the job, then, is Eminem, because he is the only serious figure in pop music today with both the fame...
...recently won control of the Palestinian engineers' union in Gaza City, where Rafiq Mikki, 45, a civil engineer, is the chairman. He counted himself a true believer in Hamas but said the rising tide of votes came from the 35% of "undecideds" who have turned to Hamas out of profound frustration. Their hopes for an independent future have been thwarted by everyone: the Palestinian Authority, Israeli Prime Minister Sharon, the U.S., the U.N. "No one helps us," he said. "Hamas' rising strength is testimony to the bitter disappointment of all Palestinians," a way to say no to all the failures...
...Baby, Please Don't Go will leave you laughing--in a good way. It's unclear exactly what Tyler is feeling (though it might be in his pants) but he's definitely feeling something, and Honkin' on Bobo is a reminder that the blues don't need to be profound, they just need to be profoundly felt...
...Jehovian high jinks. Our leaders are plagued by enemies and temptations that have turned out to be divinely revelatory. Bill Clinton--the exemplar of baby-boom licentiousness and moral relativism--was brought low by a thong-flashing Gomorrean hussy; in the subsequent public scourging, his debauchery yielded more profound character flaws: his tendency to lawyer the truth...
SUSAN BYRNE: Companies don't care if our children are working in a Nissan plant in North Carolina or if we hire an accountant in India. The kinds of jobs we create here and the kind we send overseas may have a profound effect on society, but it doesn't affect corporate profits. In a worldwide sense, we are having a strong and vigorous jobs recovery...