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...Bush in the cross hairs, the Democrats who take over the armed services committees - Carl Levin in the Senate and Ike Skelton in the House - plan aggressive oversight hearings to investigate Bush missteps in the conduct of the war. And force levels in Iraq will also be a fierce topic of debate. Bush is mulling plans to increase the 140,000 troops there in order to launch surge operations against insurgents in and around Baghdad. Key Democrats like Levin and Sen. Joseph Biden, who takes over the Foreign Relations Committee, adamantly oppose a force increase. Levin favors a phased withdrawal...
Dancing! Feasting! Costuming! Masking! Barbara Ehrenreich, author of the bestselling Nickled and Dimed, turns her keen eye on the topic of group exuberance, in her forthcoming book Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy (Holt; January 10). Ehrenreich argues that Mardi Gras-type behavior is vital to human behavior, and that Americans just don't do it enough, even on Christmas and New Year's. TIME's Andrea Sachs spoke (exuberantly) with Ehrenreich...
...Sk8terboi” by Avril Lavigne. Avril is really great. I hear that she’s modeling as a sandblasted, deliciously perfect, white-washed model for the Chanel company now. All that after making a killing off of selling pre-packaged Hot Topic lifestyles to millions of young teenagers? Now that’s subversive! 2. “Jealousy” by Paris Hilton. Paris Hilton is a total freedom fighter. All the rumors are true: you don’t need hard work, beauty, or even talent to make it big. And honestly, isn?...
...Thomas Friedman's book, The World Is Flat, about vanishing U.S. economic supremacy on the now-level global playing field, and he worries that complacent Americans are perilously close to sliding off the edge. He distributed copies of the book to teachers last spring and made it the sole topic for discussion at the first faculty meeting this fall. To build a less xenophobic student body, students are served a steady diet of internationally focused programs and projects...
Annan to Bid Adieu United Nations chief's farewell Kofi Annan makes his last major speech as Secretary-General this week in Missouri. (Ban Ki-Moon takes over on Jan. 1.) The topic: the need for accountability in U.S. foreign policy...