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...empathy and idiocy: “That’s what’s so refreshing.”From its opening moments, it may seem that screenwriter Charlie Kaufman’s directorial debut is treading water—the notion of the “author-in-crisis?? is a thematic thread that Kaufman explored ad nauseum in his 2002 screenplay for “Adaptation.,” directed by Spike Jonze. For all its novelties, that film was a headache, a neurotic monologue whose paranoid refrains only compounded the pretensions of its obnoxiously self...
...Legislation that will allow the Treasury to use $700 billion to help institutions in distress is also potent proof of the crisis?? gravity. Betting on the decline of selected financial firms’ stocks, known in finance as “short-selling,” is now banned in the United States and Britain. According to South China Morning Post, Chinese banks were recently told to suspend lending to U.S. financial institutions. The weak dollar caused import prices to surge by 20 percent from last year, which should have helped local enterprises; it has provided an advantage...
...systems may leave much to be desired, but they provide a notable avenue to address the failures of our current system, in which children who are several grade levels behind in basic math and reading skills are left to slip through the cracks. Other proposed remedies for the education crisis??from charter schools to private school vouchers—merely skirt the systemic problems with public schooling and instead look to save a notable few students. By failing to provide access to all students, they fail to satisfy the ultimate goal of public education. Rather than move students...
Myra B. Ramos, who graduated from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) in 1959 and who was a participant in the “Experiment” program, found that being in the USSR during an international crisis??the landing of U.S. Marines in Lebanon—did not stop Soviet citizens from being friendly to her and other Americans...
Correction: Monday’s editorial “Dealing with the Kenyan Crisis?? incorrectly stated that the Kenyan elections were held December 23. In fact, they were held December 27. The Crimson regrets the error...