The models of the world I saw in every classroom as i was growing up were called globes. Each one was a smooth sphere, except for a deep groove about the middle which was supposed to tell us where the equator was and a metal axis that allowed it to spin on its base. And [...]
Since I did precariously little reading on Coraline the musical (and have basically no concept of the novel or movie), I think I expected something in the Wicked department. What I got was 50-something Jayne Houdyshell in knickers and a tacky vest.
Over the last two weeks, the demonstrations in Iran have evolved into a cause far beyond the presidential elections. The debate over whether Mahmoud Ahmadinejad or Mir Hussein Moussavi won is progressively losing relevance. The elections, and the government’s handling of them, have stirred an underlying public dissatisfaction with the corruption and ineptness that has [...]
Before the rising star began to fall again, before the invention of the boy band, before I learned how to read, I followed in my brother’s footsteps as a Michael Jackson fan. Instead of going to our bedrooms, we would sometimes dance around in our footie pajamas to songs like “Thriller.”
“Thriller” is a product inextricably [...]
When MJ died today, suddenly and of cardiac arrest at the age of 50, millions of people around the world began mourning the loss of their King of Pop while others were morbidly cheering the death of a child molester. For my generation of Americans, though, Jackson wasn’t just a tabloid joke. He was our childhood.
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Over the last weeks, more than 100 Romanians, primarily Roma, have been receiving death threats, including that one child’s throat would be slit, seeing their doors and windows assaulted, fearing for their lives. When neighbors protested for their safety, bottles were thrown at them. When the Roma hid in a church, the church was attacked. [...]
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the culture of the organized opposition under the Islamic Republic has tended to remain cautious and moderate. Many of the protesters of recent days are not calling for an end to the Islamic Republic. They are calling [...]
Yesterday, when reports came out suggesting that the Iranian Basiji militia would be given live ammunition, opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi felt that the risks had grown too great, and called for the protest to not occur. Though as we found out by the shooting of the Basiji of at least one protester, those rumors [...]
Early this morning, there were unconfirmed reports that the Iranian militia would be given live ammunition, rumors that seem to have been confirmed by the snipers shooting and killing a protester. After the previous day’s violence, when dozens were beaten by baton-wielding motorcyclists, and students were shot in their dormitories, organizing a mass-protest seemed too [...]