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...just watches more reality TV than he lets on. If he did, he would see his own people trying mightily to prove that they are talented and gifted--and that when it comes to doing yo-yo tricks to Walk Like an Egyptian, we are indeed the world's sole superpower. In the wake of Fox's American Idol (which not only dominates the ratings but also put last week's No. 1 single and album on the charts), more than a dozen current or upcoming talent shows offer Americans the chance to sing, dance, joke or pose their...
...Some scientists are not even sure the coronavirus is the sole agent behind SARS. According to Dr. Frank Plummer, director of Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory, the SARS coronavirus is showing up in only 40% of Canada's probable cases. Though the WHO is holding fast to the belief that SARS is caused by a mutated coronavirus, Plummer says, "In our data, the association between the coronavirus and SARS seems to be weakening rather than strengthening...
This argument, however, is not the sole property of leftists. An isolated few on the right, who declare themselves “paleoconservatives” (paleocons), have similarly attacked the motives of so-called “neoconservatives” (neocons) in the Bush administration. Their chief spokesman is Pat Buchanan. Buchanan maintains that the neocons—whom he alternately describes as Israel’s “Amen Corner” in the U.S.—are intent on conquering some half a dozen Arab states by force. He has written that Bush...
...When I was in Europe, I had a continent to myself,” Rockwell says, reminiscing about his daunting post as the sole European critic. “I could write anything I wanted, because I was the guy there...
Many of us who oppose MCAS and the larger reform strategy do so because it does not, in fact, set high intellectual standards for students. The reform strategy, with its reliance on high-stakes tests, requires teachers and students to memorize vast amounts of information for the sole purpose of answering questions correctly on the test. Because of the stakes, classrooms become training grounds for taking tests. Of course test scores rise, but does this mean better education? No. There is little time left in the school day for worthwhile learning. Far from its touted purpose, the current reform strategy...