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Albert is unhappy and he isn’t sure why. Sadly, we never care. The root of Albert’s malaise, I think, is that he has sold out. He has entered into a partnership with Huckabees, a chain of K-Mart-like stores, to throw some muscle behind his coalition to save a local wetland. Russell’s sly appropriation of American corporate-speak provide the best moments in the Huckabees script: therapy would be unbecoming for a corporate executive, so Brad rationalizes his sessions with “existential therapists” by insisting they...
...battle betwixt David and Goliath, I would venture a guess that the majority of us would root for David (save a few Ec concentrators), though the pragmatic among us would put our money on Goliath. But it is worth reminding ourselves that to some the Harvard community is a menacing, if not downright nefarious, multi-headed Goliath. Could it be that we, who fashion ourselves David-sympathizers, self-styled brethren of the underdogs, are complicit in the workings of the bigger, older thug-of-a-brother...
...battle betwixt David and Goliath, I would venture a guess that the majority of us would root for David (save a few Ec concentrators), though the pragmatic among us would put our money on Goliath. But it is worth reminding ourselves that to some the Harvard community is a menacing, if not downright nefarious, multi-headed Goliath. Could it be that we, who fashion ourselves David-sympathizers, self-styled brethren of the underdogs, are complicit in the workings of the bigger, older thug-of-a-brother...
...root of the problem is the counterintuitive and extremely contentious dispersion formula used in the division of domestic security funds. That formula guarantees each state at least .75 percent of the total budget—locking up about 60 percent of the available money off the bat—and apportions the remaining funds by state population. As a result of this formula a state like Alaska, which has less than a twelfth of the population of New York City, has pulled in $92 a head over the past two years—compared to New York state?...
...true losers here are the New York Yankees fans. It’s sad when you’re born into an allegiance that forces you to actually root for the evil empire—as many New Yorkers seem to feel they must. We can only imagine the painstaking mental work Yankees fans have to do to wipe off the smarm that comes from supporting a bunch of pretty-boys go through the motions—just in case you forgot, the Yankees, supposed superstars, haven’t actually won a World Series since...