Word: thingness
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...funny thing - literally - is happening in prime time. Sitcoms don't have the ratings or reach Seinfeld did, and probably no single one will again. But collectively, TV sitcoms are better and more diverse than they have been in years. Any roundup of the best new TV shows of 2009 would be mostly, if not entirely, comedies. And they're expanding the definition of what sitcoms can be: musical, complex, more than a half-hour long and sometimes even dead serious...
Housing subsidies have side effects too. For one thing, they push us to buy rather than rent. There's a positive side to this, as homeowners tend to take better care of their property and their neighborhood than renters do. But there's a negative one too, particularly in times of economic upheaval like this, as homeownership becomes an economic ball and chain that keeps workers from moving to areas where jobs are more plentiful. Subsidies also tempt us to buy more house than we would otherwise, a wasteful use of capital - not to mention of the energy it takes...
This is basically the episode FlyBy’s been waiting for since we first started watching The Office way back in high school. And OMG. IT WAS THE BEST THING EVER. We laughed. We cried. We winced. We love The Office all over again. Find out why after the jump...
...start with the title of your book - what is a Whitopia, exactly? It seems to be more than just a place where a lot of white people live. Absolutely. A Whitopia has three things. First, it has posted more than 6% population growth since 2000. The second thing is that the majority of that growth - upwards of 90% - comes from white migrants. The third thing a Whitopia has is an ineffable social charm - a pleasant look and feel. (Read "A Brief History of the NAACP...
...unreliable. But one number you can take to the bank: the average age of those backstage who wore walkie-talkie headsets and staff badges, the men (and a few women) who were behind much of the organizing effort, wasn't over 30. And that, by far, was the oddest thing about the march: Why would a generation wired to their mobile phones and Facebook accounts nearly from birth want to resurrect a form of political expression as old and musty as a mass gathering...