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One has to wonder after reading “Arlington Park” whether the author, Rachel Cusk, is a penetrating analyst of human psychology—or just an embittered feminist.Whichever category Cusk falls into, her newest novel is certainly perceptive. It is a surprisingly philosophical book in which...

Author: By April B. Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cusk’s Bitter Feminist Pill Not Worth Swallowing | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

In one 2006 letter the Bishop refers to both the Unabomber and the D.C. sniper, Lee Boyd Malvo. "You will help, after all it is so easy to kill somebody it is almost scary," the letter states. "Just think it could be as simple as mailing a package just like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Another Unabomber in the Making? | 2/13/2007 | See Source »

In cyberspace and on newsstands, writers are out to prove that parenting, or at least parents, can be cool. The online magazine Babble.com spun off from literary sex journal Nerve com publishes articles by and for parents who can't quite believe they ended up doing something as square as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Culture Complex: Too Cool for Preschool | 2/8/2007 | See Source »

When Iris and I discuss torture, she vaguely refers to how terrible “it” was and shakes her head. She then focuses on telling me about her family and how valuable they have been. In a way, we dance around the ugliness of the crimes just...

Author: By Lauren R. Foote | Title: Torture Under Pinochet | 2/7/2007 | See Source »

TIME: You're certainly facing a prejudice in the press here - one columnist from the [pro-Labour tabloid Daily] Mirror often refers to you as "The Toff" [a British pejorative term for the elite social class]

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q & A with David Cameron: Why Britain Needs a 'Compassionate Conservative' | 1/24/2007 | See Source »

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