Word: weirder
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...without a tour of the city's opulent wats, or Buddhist temples. Tourists are awed by the Emerald Buddha at Wat Phra Kaeo and marvel at Wat Arun, the Temple of Dawn . But for those who know where to look, Bangkok and its environs also offer a selection of weirder wats. Consider Wat Hua Krabu, an unassuming temple in the seaside suburb of Bang Kunthien. Stacked amid the incense and amulets are more than 5,000 buffalo skulls, deposited by Thais in the hope of speeding their favorite beasts of burden to a happy reincarnation. At Wat Khunsamutjeen in nearby...
...Even weirder is that we’ve let this conservative rhetoric take over what should be a much more prominent concern about the right of every woman, no matter her income level, to have access to abortion providers. Let’s move the debate away from tired “choice” rhetoric, and examine the reality of women’s agency in the U.S. For now at least, abortion is still safe and legal, but it’s not even an option for many women. Forget the “partial-birth?...
...only prediction that seems safe to make at this point is that the recall election will get weirder. In the latest TIME/CNN poll, only 35% of registered voters say they would vote to keep Davis, which will be the first question on the ballot. At the same time, Californians will be asked who should replace him. In a field this jammed with candidates, the next Governor could conceivably be a candidate who is the choice of 5% or even less. It's entirely possible that 49% could vote to keep Davis as Governor--he needs more than 50% to defeat...
...Weirder still, I’m living in Dunster House—the housing locale for the fine students working at The Crimson over the summer—which is also my assigned house for the next three years. So while most people will be trekking back to campus after summers spent in Ithaca, Illinois or Italy, I’ll be picking up, moving three entryways over and settling down again...
...Iraq. But it also has ballast because it clarifies an aspect of George W. Bush's essential character--specifically, the problem he has with telling the truth. I am not saying Bush is a liar. Lying is witting: "I did not have sexual relations with that woman." This is weirder than that. The President seems to believe that wishing will make it so--and he is so stupendously incurious that he rarely makes an effort to find the truth of the matter. He misleads not only the nation but himself. Every worst-case Saddam scenario just had to be true...