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Amazingly, there is no bitterness or blame in Borrowed Finery. The quote that serves as a preface to the book—“After so long grief, such nativity!” from Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors—is a fitting testament to both Fox’s past and her present. Borrowed Finery comes at a time when Fox’s adult fiction is enjoying a rather remarkable resurgence, spurred in large part by the newly prominent author Jonathan Franzen, who discovered Fox’s 1970 novel Desperate Characters...
...everyone from HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson to President Bush calls the anthrax-laced letters "acts of terrorism," but it's not yet clear where the blame lies. Asked whether he believes the letters are traceable to Osama bin Laden, President Bush replied, "I wouldn't put it past him." If the threat is coming from al-Qaeda or bin Laden, the operatives are far-flung: While at least one of the contaminated letters was postmarked in Malaysia, others were sent from Trenton, New Jersey and Boca Raton, Florida...
...Even in Hindu Bali, the newspaper seems more interested in romanticizing bin Laden than in dissecting the issues of war and blame carefully. I get my news from the Internet, so every day I see ten or twenty new stories, examining the issues from every angle, including the plight of innocent people caught in the crosshairs - both in New York and in Afghanistan. Then I look at the top headlines of the Indonesian-language newspapers, which read, "America Attacks Afghanistan - bin Laden Still Safe...
...course both the Native American and Palestinian causes deserve our attention. However, it serves no useful purpose to blame the only democracy in the Middle East, and America's only firm ally there, for bin Laden's terrorism. Finally, Cheever's complete lack of critical thought or analysis is best illustrated in his parting shot, a ridiculous stereotype of Native Americans as "accompanied only by destitution, alcoholism and casinos..." Perhaps if Cheever had thought critically and intelligently before writing, he would not have had to resort to baseless arguments and tired stereotypes...
...what might happen if feminism were not taught. So really, she’s just assuming that the genders are on an “equal footing.” Which, conveniently for her, means that the “feminists” are to blame for holding women back. But this is simply her conjecture, nothing more...