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...wonders, with all the suburban epics out there, why aren't there more office novels? Granted, with all the undead mayhem, there are moments when Hynes seems to lose track of what exactly he's trying to say about office life. Should we fear the zombified Dilberts that threaten Paul's sanity or pity them? After all, what office drone hasn't felt his or her humanity being leached away by carpeted walls and racks of low-hanging fluorescent lamps at $5.25 an hour? "You gonna let life, that bitch, grind you down, Paul?" a villainous cubicle dweller asks...
...face of the Earth, we have an obligation to help the spread of freedom.” President Bush must not recognize how incredibly dangerous his administration’s sense of religious entitlement is. Not only does framing America’s wars as Christian missions threaten to alienate what few Muslim allies we have left, it also makes our more secular allies uncomfortable. After all, Europe’s last religious war ended in 1648. To promote freedom, America first must embrace all free nations with rhetoric that everyone can agree on—rhetoric that doesn?...
Watch out, fashionistas: Playful pinks and soothing coral tones are back on the runways this spring. While, I admit, this newsflash does not threaten my thoroughly static wardrobe one bit, many will take this news as a mandate to abandon last year’s satiny and florid pastels for this year’s newest trend. But not us Harvard kids...
...face of the Earth, we have an obligation to help the spread of freedom.” President Bush must not recognize how incredibly dangerous his Administration’s sense of religious entitlement is. Not only does framing America’s wars as Christian missions threaten to alienate what few Muslim allies we have left, it also makes our more secular allies uncomfortable. After all, Europe’s last religious war ended in 1648. To promote freedom, America first must embrace all free nations with rhetoric that everyone can agree on—rhetoric that doesn?...
Enter Mark Latham. With Simon Crean’s leadership of the ALP in serious doubt, several potential candidates began to make themselves known, but the outspoken Latham was the first to threaten the Liberals’ comfortable hold on the electorate. A little over a year ago, Latham delivered a speech to the Australian Parliament, declaring, “I am opposed to the government’s strategy for war in Iraq because it comes from a prime minister who is too weak to say ‘no’ to the Americans...