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...oversimplify somewhat less, Democrats aren't always for Big Government, and Republicans aren't always against it. Democrats treasure civil liberties, whereas Republicans are more tolerant of government censorship to protect children from pornography, or of wiretapping to catch a criminal, or of torture in the war against terrorism. War in general and Iraq in particular--certainly Big Government exercises--are projects Republicans tend to be more enthusiastic about. Likewise the criminal process: Republicans tend to want to make more things illegal and to send more people to jail for longer. Republicans also consider themselves more concerned about the moral...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Libertarians Rising | 10/18/2007 | See Source »

...know, you're somewhat constrained in writing a novel, I think. Like, I'm not a fan of some of the Latin American writers, magical realism. You know, it's hard enough to get people to believe what you're telling them without making it impossible. It has to be vaguely plausible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A conversation between author Cormac McCarthy and the Coen Brothers, about the new movie No Country for Old Men | 10/18/2007 | See Source »

...Yeah. Somewhat. A friend of mine, who's slightly older than me, told me, "I don't even buy green bananas anymore." [He laughs.] I'm not quite there yet, but I understood what he was saying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A conversation between author Cormac McCarthy and the Coen Brothers, about the new movie No Country for Old Men | 10/18/2007 | See Source »

Although I went into FemSex somewhat skeptically, I found it to be exactly the experience I had been missing throughout the rest of my time at Harvard. I heard about the class when I was performing in the Vagina Monologues in the spring of 2006. This was my first introduction to feminists at Harvard, many of whose ideas I wasn’t sure I agreed with. I didn’t want to have to start referring to “all genders” instead of “both.” I didn?...

Author: By Sachi A. Ezura | Title: Bringing FemSex Back | 10/17/2007 | See Source »

...though, Harvard was unable to make up for its somewhat lackluster first 45 minutes...

Author: By Jay M. Cohen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Extra-Time Winner Bolsters Ivy Rivals | 10/14/2007 | See Source »

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