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Such works remind you that the view of Homer that was current 20 years ago, and that this show corrects--that he was a realist in a simple and straightforward way--was wrong. It reckons without the deep strand of existential pessimism that runs in Homer's work and that creates its own symbolic structures. For Homer, as for another great and underrated artist, his contemporary Rudyard Kipling, man is at constant war with his surroundings in a world that cares nothing about him and gives him no natural allies. The moment you step from the social path, where security...
...griddle. "The fact that major companies are going after these celebrities to be their point persons gives us someone we can wrap our arms around." In fact, that tactic worked so well that last week the lobby Made in the U.S.A. took advantage of the N.B.A. finals to remind consumers that Michael Jordan reportedly earns $20 million a year endorsing Nike sneakers, and to claim that this is more than the total annual payroll for the thousands of Indonesians who help make them. Nike shot back that those shoes are actually made in Taiwan by workers earning an average...
Whether in Russia or the U.S., elections always remind me of the value of service. As always, candidates wax lyrical about their desire to serve the people. The litmus test for service is the candidate's sincere desire to be useful to others. If a candidate lacks that, he'll end up using people and his position for personal aggrandizement. Genuine leaders should possess moral integrity and professional competence--food for thought for both Russians and Americans. ZEN UDANI Pamplona, Spain Via E-mail...
...past. Was it wise to put faith in the dream of Nobel Peace Prize-winning Labor leader Shimon Peres, who promised a New Middle East crafted of compromise, or to heed the warnings of Netanyahu, who spoke the word fear 11 times in the candidates' 30-min. debate to remind voters that Israel must first defeat the terror still stalking their streets? Could peace treaties with existential enemies protect Jews from the dangers of sacrificing territory? Was this the moment to hurry the peace process up or slow it down...
Evans points to a statement Tosteson made in passing as an example of his ability to encapsulate the big picture and remind people why they are doing the work they...