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This notion - that in times of change, we seek the comfort of what we know - repeatedly shows up in culture. You see it in ads for comfort foods and household products, and you also see it in high culture. In Anna Karenina, when Konstantin Levin goes home to the countryside from Moscow after his marriage proposal is rebuffed, Levin feels the confusion of his life "gradually clearing up and the shame and dissatisfaction with himself going away." (See nine kid foods to avoid...
Many apologies, but Tolstoy appears to have been wrong. In times of change, a new study shows, we usually first seek out the unfamiliar, the new. "Change," according to the paper, which is set to be published in the Journal of Consumer Research, "begets change...
...firestorm of criticism--"Talk about the wrong message at the wrong time," sniped Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill--seemed to take House leaders by surprise, even following last year's howls of outrage after U.S. auto executives flew into Washington on private jets to seek government bailouts. Supporters of the proposal argued that the jets were necessary replacements for aging aircraft and would be less costly to fly, and noted that such planes--used to fly generals and White House officials around the globe--would carry members of Congress only about 14% of the time...
They point out that all of the intelligence agencies routinely use outside contractors, especially since the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Hayden, director from 2006-09, defended the practice at a National Press Club event today, arguing that it makes sense to seek specialized skills where they are available - whether in the government or in the public sector. "We generally want to use the best athlete available in the draft," he said. (Check out a story about Blackwater, America's other army...
...three-day visit is Huckabee's 11th trip to Israel. The Arkansan, who is widely expected to seek the presidency again, in 2012, visited sites heavily weighted toward one side in the Middle East conflict: Israeli homes in predominantly Arab neighborhoods of East Jerusalem and Israeli settlements on the West Bank, including an outpost considered illegal even by the current Israeli government. He explored underground tunnels in the ancient city of King David, which are slowly being excavated from underneath the Palestinian village of Silwan in East Jerusalem; he also visited the place where Jacob dreamed of a ladder leading...