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...have been thoroughly institutionalized, to steal the words of Morgan Freeman’s character Red in The Shawshank Redemption, and nothing betrays the influence of the Harvard ethic on our psyches better than a short stay in our pre-Harvard worlds. Old pleasures like watching TV, going to the movies or hanging out in the Starbucks parking lot lose their novelty after only a few days. High school gossip, while always good for a few laughs, is still high school gossip. And anything is safer than a moment to reflect on the horror we left behind...
...this time when the majority in both parties are afflicted by blindness to the real struggles, elections only serve to rotate power between a Commander-in-Thief and his group of bandits. These rogues steal public potential and societal focus away from those opportunities that could impact true human change. So when articles indicate the decline of black Democratic support, a fleeting glance at a list of the political parties—and the gaping hole that represents Washington D.C. residents—should explain that disengagement. Unfortunately, Uncle Sam’s probably resting right now with a newspaper...
...with. If the various bickering factions ever come up with an agreed-upon design for a monument to 9/11, it is almost sure to be committee-bland or the merest kitsch. (Even the searchlights that for a time stood in for the Twin Towers were a limp steal from Albert Speer's light-cathedral at the old Nazi rallies, an unhappy bit of involuntary symbolism if ever there...
...cents a day. Despite a preponderance of farmers, East Timor still imports rice and other staples. Meanwhile, an offshore oil drilling agreement with Australia is bogged down in negotiations. Riots are the last thing a nation desperate for foreign investment needs. "If you burn people's houses and steal their possessions," said Gusmao in a national radio broadcast, "they will leave. Then we will be alone with our poverty, without help, forgotten...
...think there were too many obvious turnovers,” Peljto said. “They’d steal the ball and go in for an open layup and there’s no defense when they’re shooting layups...