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Everyone knows that in this country, if you have nothing, nobody wants to have anything to do with you, and if you have everything you could possibly want, people can't do enough for you. The rich are showered with lovely gifts; the poor scrape hard for bus fare. A Park Avenue divorce case is fought by platoons of talented lawyers; a man up for murder in Texas is represented by a clown in a green polyester suit. The hemorrhoids of the wealthy are treated like diamonds, while the poor lie gasping in hospital hallways. The guiding principle of American...
Most adults are embarrassed to admit anymore that they might find a movie or a song too much to stomach. They are not so complacent about their kids. The rough edges of pop culture scrape harder these days, and its most extravagant enchantments are promoted to ever younger kids. When your 10-year-old comes home singing "Bitch I'ma kill you"--Eminem again, in a Valentine to his mother--you don't care if you once adored Richard Pryor and William Burroughs. You turn into one of those angry swing voters...
...Most adults are embarrassed to admit anymore that they might find a movie or a song too much to stomach. They are not so complacent about their kids. The rough edges of pop culture scrape harder these days, and its most extravagant enchantments are promoted to ever younger kids. When your 10-year-old comes home singing "Bitch I'ma kill you" - Eminem again, in a Valentine to his mother - you don't care if you once adored Richard Pryor and William Burroughs. You turn into one of those angry swing voters...
...terribly complicated procedure. First, anesthetize the mouse. Then gently turn it over on its back and carefully remove the protective ring surrounding the mouseball. Remove the ball and, with a sterile object (or finger), scrape away any visible dirt or grime. Replace the ball and cover. The surgery takes a little less than a minute, and recovery time is virtually negligible. And, more importantly, our little friends will be literally scampering with...
...much happening, so little to say. Scores of American reporters, as well as a clutch of foreign ones, have decamped to this rural hamlet an hour and a half north of Washington in the Catoctin Mountains to scrape for crumbs of news in the face of a conspiracy of silence among American, Israeli and Palestinian officials. Except for a carefully orchestrated - and tightly controlled - photo op on Day 1, all the reporters have been kept off the secluded grounds of Camp David. Most are eight miles away at the Thurmont Elementary School, where White House spokesman Joe Lockhart takes...