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Krauthammer vastly understated the problems that come with institutionalized multiculturalism. It has the effect of perpetuating immigrant segregation in Canada. The U.S. has its faults, but when all is said and done, people want to immigrate to that country to become Americans, not hyphenated Americans. Entrenching multiculturalism, especially using the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 7/2/2006 | See Source »

Certainly in recent months, most of the violence has been Iraqi-on-Iraqi, with civilians being killed by Shi'ite death squads or Sunni insurgents and jihadis. U.S. forces often find themselves trying to prevent Iraqis from killing one another. On the same day that Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq's Self-Inflicted Wounds | 6/4/2006 | See Source »

Each suite at the Kemang Icon is different. Some, appointed in darker tones, are for those who like their surroundings understated; other suites, in pastels, are more splashy. But all come with surround-sound stereos, flatscreen TVs, cordless phones, wi-fi capability and iPod docking stations (if you need new...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going South | 5/21/2006 | See Source »

Located in the bustling Kemang area of South Jakarta, the all-suite Kemang Icon, kemangicon.com, is an ideal setting for visitors looking to get away from the relative blandness of the central business district. Longer bookings are encouraged by special rates and by [an error occurred while processing this directive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going South | 5/16/2006 | See Source »

Roth is too well attuned a writer to win this argument. His protagonist's memories of his boyhood are crystalline: "He ran home barefoot and wet and salty, remembering the mightiness of that immense sea boiling in his own two ears and licking his forearm to taste his skin fresh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Death Be Not Mundane | 5/7/2006 | See Source »

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