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...casings cascading down onto the roof of the tent. A crowd of women swaddled in black cupped their hands over their veiled mouths to emit a wave of high-pitched ululations - a call of celebration familiar across the Middle East. The 16-year-old bride, draped in a sparkly white gown, henna tattoos running up her arms, sat silent and tearful as she prepared to meet her groom for the first time. I hadn't meant to spend the night in this tiny village in a country everyone is pointing to as the next hub of global terrorism...
...Doing Good So Hollywood took keen notice of the recent breakthrough of The Blind Side, an inspirational that in two months has earned around $230 million at the domestic box office on a paltry $29 million budget. It's the story of NFL rookie Michael Oher and the wealthy white woman who eight years ago saved the young Michael from a forlorn life on the streets, adopted him and encouraged him to play football. A canny mix of violent sports (for the guys in the audience) and do-gooder heart (for the women), The Blind Side won Sandra Bullock...
Consider GDP. In October, the Commerce Department announced - to rejoicing in the media, on Wall Street and in the White House - that the economy had grown at a 3.5% annual pace in the third quarter. By late December, GDP had been revised downward to a less impressive 2.2%, and revisions to come could ratchet it down even more (or revise it back up). The first fourth-quarter GDP estimate comes out Jan. 29. Some are saying it could top 5%. If it does, should we really believe...
...Joffe argued Martin v. Wilks before the Supreme Court. Robert K. Wilks and other white firefighters had filed an anti-discrimination suit after a consent decree required that black firefighters be promoted. In this pro bono case Joffe represented the black firefighters in Birmingham...
...past weeks, the Democrats have no reason to run for the hills—contrarily, they must work harder than ever to accomplish significant reform. After all, the Democrats still have a 59-seat majority in the Senate, a majority in the House, and control of the White House. As Obama’s first State of the Union address indicated, he is an able politician, and his party has no reason to abandon its entire agenda at this point in time...