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Skipping out on half a week of classes, four undergraduates traveled to West Point, N.Y. last week to rub elbows with top military brass and discuss United States foreign policy with college students from around the world??and still managed to make Saturday’s Harvard-Yale game...
...show that originated this principle, the grandfather of reality TV, was “The Real World.” Since its debut in 1992, “The Real World?? has become progressively more plastic and prefab. These days, it’s impossible to watch it without experiencing deja vu. To be sure, individuals once roamed free around the outrageously outfitted “Real World?? pads—Puck in San Francisco, for example. But now, even the Individual is an established role (see: Teck from Hawaii and Irene from Seattle...
...saving my tears. In the end, it’s still MTV. The people who audition for “The Real World?? are all shameless self-promoters. Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey are exploiting “Newlyweds” for career reasons and financial concerns as much as the show is exploiting them. And as for the “Rich Girls,” you’re going to love this: Jaime and Ally are co-producing it. Yup. Poor little rich girls, indeed...
Delegates from governments and businesses across the Western Hemisphere are meeting in Miami in an effort to launch the world??s largest free trade bloc, the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). Such efforts have been dogged in recent years by dissenting voices both inside and outside the meetings...
...should not let high-minded democratic principles distract us from the most troubling aspect of the Global Gag Rule—its injurious effects on the health of some of the world??s poorest. In September, a coalition of reproductive health groups released a report on the Global Gag Rule that detailed a litany of outrageous stories. The report found that the Global Gag Rule ignores the realities of developing country health systems. In the U.S. we usually have a number of health service providers serving the diverse needs of a given community. But many poor communities...