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Thanks for Klein's thoughtful and moving words about how West Bank Palestinians have been trying to improve their circumstances. Such honest commentary is strangely rare in the U.S. But it's a little patronizing to mention Palestinian good behavior as if Palestinians have been bad students for no reason whatsoever. If someone stole our homes and land, we might...
...mind without reason. I'll return...
...absolutely deserving ... Not because she's a woman and not because she's a woman who makes stereotypically 'guy' movies, but because The Hurt Locker was a damn good movie and she was the primary reason it worked ... The fact that it took 82 years for the Academy to give the Best Director award to a female filmmaker should be cause for shame and embarrassment, rather than self-lionizing accolades." --3/8/10
There may be plenty of reasons for the higher Oscars ratings: a blockbuster (Avatar) was nominated; there were twice as many Best Picture nominees; Twilight's dreamboat stars were trotted out like a big undead parade; and in a lousy economy, free TV is a cheap date. But another reason may be the likes of Twitter and Facebook - new media that aren't replacing TV but creating a new way to watch it. (See pictures of James Cameron's special effects...
...There’s ample reason to think we have a real problem,” says Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay M. Harris. “We certainly assume that the cases that are brought to the Ad Board are the tip of the iceberg...