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...selective amnesia and depression. Desperate to attain her dream, Charlotte signs on to a new commercial venture best described as the Internet version of “The Real World” or The Truman Show. As the project takes on a life of its own, nurtured by the public??s insatiable appetite for intimate, “real” knowledge of people, her story merges with that of the other characters, and all of their individual motivations and actions are overshadowed by the rapacious, corrupt force of American mass culture...
Atwood spared no detail in recounting her past embarrassments, both personal and public??her Home Economics opera in high school starring Orlon™ and Nylon™ (“Let’s just say that it concluded with the creation of a new synthetic fabric”); her first book signing, which took place in the men’s underwear department of the Hudson’s Bay department store in 1969 (“I sold two Edible Wom[e]n all day”); the scandalous extramarital affair that began...
...personal life. Parties such as Travers’ brunch and Mansfield’s receptions are excellent examples of parties of the first order. However, for those who organize more private—and many times more alcoholic bashes—the subject of their parties becomes taboo in public??or in The Crimson...
...evidence, we see no reason to extend these efforts through the use of wholly secret tribunals. The federal bench is well qualified to handle cases of this nature, and there is no reason to compromise further the accused’s ability to mount an effective defense or the public??s ability to confirm that justice has been done...
...wake of the Sept. 11 tragedy, the public is occupied with new concerns and is unlikely to mount a vigorous challenge to measures taken in the name of national security. But withholding information is rarely in the public??s best interest. The Bush administration must place open access to vital public information above protecting the political past...