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...happy to see that such a highbrow publication deigned to write about the passing of the Weekly World News, a tabloid that will truly be missed by individuals stuck in the checkout line [Aug. 27]. But I disagree with Joel Stein's claim that it's "a sign of progress for a society to go from inventing gods and monsters to seeking catharsis in the real life of Paris Hilton." That's as laughable as Bat Boy running for President. The Weekly World News lost readers because people turned to the Internet. Instead of waiting for a weekly paper...
...highway: "They pass over it hurriedly; they try not to walk beside it, and they rarely venture upon it." Aware or not, Londoners are heirs to a centuries-old, north-south crossflow of envy and disdain. In 1840 the journalist Charles Mackay disparaged south Londoners by writing that "the progress of civilisation does nothing for them ... a thousand years effect nothing more than to change the wigwam into a hovel...
...presented Brown-Trickey with the W.E.B. Dubois Medal for continuing to advocate for minority groups after being expelled from Little Rock Central. During the event, HBO screened a documentary examining the lives of today’s Little Rock Central students, asking the question how far the nation has progressed since the 1957. Brown-Trickey said little progress at the school had been made, even though the Advanced Placement program (AP) now ranks the school among the top in the country, according to the film. Brown-Trickey smiled last night, but her expression in the film betrayed sadness and disbelief...
...other panelists cited reasons for cautious optimism. Bilmes said progress was “conceivable” in northern Iraq, where the largely Kurdish population has announced a major oil deal...
Sewall, an expert on counterinsurgency and director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, said that she did not believe that the polls would turn around. Allison, a former Defense Department official, added that while there has been “some measurable progress on security, the political situation has actually deteriorated...