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...time's editors must have been under enormous pressure not to name Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez Person of the Year, as your readers did in the online poll. What percentage of people in the world have ever heard of YouTube? What is the scale of its effect on people outside the U.S.? The proper headline for your cover should have been American person of the year. Zac Zhang Shenzhen, China...
...Lees, who said, “Gay marriage has begun, and life has not changed for the citizens of the Commonwealth, with the exception of those who can now marry.” A referendum at this juncture will do nothing to clarify public opinion—its only effect will be to generate a bitter, divisive political campaign at a time when the Commonwealth sorely needs political cooperation.Given the deeply personal, transformative impact marriage can have on a couple—as well as the obvious value of hospital visitation rights, child custody, and retirement benefits?...
...late-sixties or early-seventies design, which is visually appealing and places it in the period in which the play was originally written. However, the effect is puzzling if you don’t read the production notes: the play itself barely comes off as a period piece, while the design makes it much more apparent...
Many of the Harvard students that can be found carrying “The Economist” with them around campus hope someday to use the tools of economics to effect positive change. Many students are quite interested in “microfinance” and “development,” and others are equally interested in creative market-based ways to reduce pollution...
...rising torrent of racist language and publicly expressed racist attitudes may be a sign less that racism is spreading, than that the boundaries of mainstream tolerance are changing. As in the U.S., France has seen an increase in provocative shock content in entertainment and commentary, whether for comic effect or political impact. Interior Minister and presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy drew protests when he used a racially loaded term to denounce young men rioting in the suburbs last year - an outcry that also coincided with his jump in polls. The street patois of those ethnically diverse projects, meanwhile, has also long...