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...related news, Professor Barbara J. Fields of Columbia University will deliver this year's DuBois lectures on Sept. 25-27. The topic will be "Humane Letters: The Art and Duty of the Word...
...weeks ago, TIME devoted nine pages to a Robert Hughes essay on Congress, America's priorities and the arts. This is an important topic worthy of serious debate. Yet, instead of debating the message, Hughes decided to attack the messengers. It is unfortunate Hughes chose to resort to name-calling: "Neanderthals," "Jurassic...[with] limbic forebrains," "insatiable Fundamentalist Christian right wing" and "Jacks-in-office" are not helpful contributions to an important discussion of our nation's priorities...
Also, if any of them were good-looking, as some were, they were sure to be a topic of office conversation. Comments such as "Did you see [name] today?" or the day's skirt analyzed for "fashion concerns" were often made within earshot. Even the men who did not actively partake in these conversations did not seem to offer much in the way of meaningful conversational alternatives to the women, with many seemingly uncomfortable around the better-looking women. Again what was so unsettling about these situations was not merely that they occurred, but there were no women who could...
Councillor Michael A. Sullivan also identified the city budget, among other issues as an important topic of discussion...
...there been such an elastic and accommodating definition of nonfiction as Carcaterra's. Truth matters, but it has nothing to do with petty details. An author who wanted to write about the Yalta Conference, say, but not about Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin, would remain equally true to the topic by naming the principals Larry, Curly and Moe and placing them in a Tijuana saloon...