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...song is] something you’re not expected to like. But who’s expecting it: me, or other people? From Putnins’s view, pop is only shameful when you label it guilty, and only legitimate when you label it art. Pop music is as valid or as useful as its listeners make it.—Staff writer Nicholas K. Tabor can be reached at ntabor@fas.harvard.edu...
...have a partial-birth abortion. They argue that this procedure is rare, it only accounts for 1% of abortions performed. Indeed, 2,200 partial-birth abortions are performed per year, the vast majority on healthy mothers with healthy fetuses. Yet the fact that something rarely occurs is not a valid argument for why it should be permitted, if it is otherwise morally reprehensible. Still, supporters of partial-birth abortion insist the Court has no right to make a judgment call that, in their opinion, should be up to the woman and her doctor as to how to best terminate...
...Rosa Parks?” Yes, we do indeed hear all about Rosa Parks when we learn about black history. I’ll even give you Harriet Tubman—enough of us learned about her in elementary school that I can concede that she too offers a valid example of the presence of black women in mainstream black history. But Parks and Tubman are merely exceptions to the rule. Apart from these two, can anyone honestly say that we hear about black women who have contributed in one way or another to the history of black people...
...France?but Li's exile may prove short-lived. In 2004 Li applied for permanent residency in the U.S., but her first attempt was denied on the grounds that she had not sufficiently distinguished herself in her field of endeavor to earn a green card. (She still has a valid temporary visa.) Li is reapplying, but she knows the odds for a writer could be long. To earn residency, she explains, "You need to prove that you're extraordinary. But it's hard to prove that you're an extraordinary artist!" For Yiyun Li, the proof is on the page...
...feeling that the press corps was upset because, to some extent, it was about them - they didn't like the idea that we called the Corpus Christi Caller-Times instead of The New York Times. But it strikes me that the Corpus Christi Caller-Times is just as valid a news outlet as The New York Times is, especially for covering a major story in south Texas...