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Voting is participation, and as such is the soul of democracy. It exposes, in its almost pure symbolism, the difference between ends and means. Ends--the candidate chosen--are at best locally determined benchmarks. Means--the way the choice is made--inform not simply the cost of change but the entire range of what we as a society consider possible...
...authority. So it's almost revelatory to hear Simon, on his first solo album in a decade, delivering 11 graceful songs full of rich, pointed free verse. "The oldest silence speaks the loudest," he sings on Hurricane Eye, a tune about race and America and selective memory. It's pure Simon--and a reminder of what...
...judge a sport not by what happens on court but by what happens in the stands. For in the U.S.vs. Australia women's gold-medal basketball match, the on-court action was scrappy, sloppy and churlish. But what was happening among these fans of basketball was nothing but pure exhilaration...
...apartment in Manhattan this summer had access to cable, introducing me to HBO's "Sex In the City"--a work of pure television genius. The show exposes the lives of four swanky Manhattan women, complete with their thoughts about and justifications for their risqu escapades. Just as important, the show sells itself on sex. Advertisements feature the main character posing, legs spread, above the Empire State Building. Gratuitous displays of nudity and sex-kitten ensembles are encouraged, if not expected...
...Circular Quay, on Sydney's harborfront, among tourists in goofy headgear and Christians handing out copies of the New Testament, a group of pinheads have set up a makeshift badge bazaar around a huge Moreton Bay Fig tree. The scale might be small, but the vibe is pure Wall Street. The pin game is all about smart networking and sharp dealing, snaring the trophies you want by trading your duplicates rather than forking out cash. Dedicated pinheads have been known to loiter in the lobbies of five-star hotels at checkout time, hoping to talk corporate Games visitors into parting...