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...National Book Award, strong sociopolitical commentary dominates an intricate literary framework. The novel weaves together the seemingly disparate stories of several complex characters: a second-rate model whose face has been completely reconstructed in the aftermath of a serious accident; an introspective teen distinguished by her utter lack of beauty; a history professor whose personal intellectual revelation has both ruined and redeemed his life; and a math teacher who has ruthlessly and repeatedly reinvented himself. The action of the novel unfolds in two very different sites—the fame, fortune and appearance-obsessed world of New York City...
...expanded oil-for-food program. He has continued to use the people of Iraq as his pawns in a callous act of international blackmail, exhibiting their abject poverty as evidence of U.S. cruelty while he and his henchmen live in luxury. His behavior is evidence of his utter disregard for the people of Iraq—if anyone had needed more from a leader who attacked his own nation’s citizens with nerve...
...parents worked together—happily, beautifully together—to produce an incredible dinner and brunch the next morning. Perhaps this is a bit maudlin for homemade eggs benedict—but homemade eggs benedict! The kitchen was not a battleground, it was a workshop. Inspired by the utter perfection of observing this family in action (and enjoying the fruits of their labor) I started to think about maybe learning to cook...
Last week the Educational Policy Committee (EPC) interrupted the tranquility of fair Harvard when it released a carefully constructed report on that scourge of modern higher education, grade inflation. To my utter shock and disappointment, the statistics officially confirmed the truth of Harvey C. Mansfield’s longstanding accusation that Harvard grades are inflated...
Sadly, though, to the world’s utter disgrace, anti-Semitism is very much alive. It has not left Europe, but it is thriving most acutely in the Middle East, and quite virulently among the Palestinian Arabs...