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...training he received at Harvard. Like Heidegger’s archetype of the human as a being who simply “exists,” with no direction or motivation, Malick’s American everymen and everywomen drift from scene to scene, through non-linear plots and rich landscapes...
...Oxfam leading four West African countries to challenge U.S. cotton subsidies,” Ignatieff said. “The future of human rights is in economic and social rights and in the debate between the north and south, the developing and the developed world, over the responsibilities of rich countries to poor countries.” According to Ignatieff, migration is an especially explosive area, since every country regulates it differently. “This is the hottest zone, the most troubling zone, the most lawless zone, of international human rights,” he said. The discussion then...
Both authors had to work around the Scripture's Joseph deficit. In outline, his life seems rich: after an initial moment of stunned disbelief at Mary's condition, he receives his own Annunciation in one of four angelic dreams; he marries her and gets her to Bethlehem; spirits mother and child off to Egypt when they are threatened by the murderous King Herod; then settles them in Nazareth. Yet there are strange omissions and truncations. Joseph is not described as present at Jesus' birth or the reception of the shepherds. The Egyptian trip is not actually recounted. The last reference...
...more unlikely food crazes of recent times, but agar-agar (the flavorless, seaweed-based thickener used in soups and jellies) is hip?at least in Japan, where it is known as kanten. The reason? It has no calories, is rich in dietary fiber and fills you up quickly, so that you're inclined to eat less. That makes it a perfect fit for today's slimming-obsessed consumer. "Kanten is filled with soluble fiber ... and significantly slows down digestion," explains Jacqueline Marcus, associate professor of culinary nutrition at Kendall College, Chicago. All of a sudden, Japanese magazines and websites...
...decision of other Harvard liberals—not to join the military ensures that soldiers will continue to be drawn largely from the bottom income and education brackets.It would be ridiculous to join a military you don’t agree with because you think it needs more rich people. The poor are overrepresented among prison inmates, but you don’t hear anybody suggesting that every liberal grab a gun and off a cop. On the other hand, I understand the argument that liberals should temper their criticism of the military because of the difficult circumstances and decisions...