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...Atlantic crossing today resonates because of the modern voyage’s juxtaposition with the most famous Atlantic passage: the voyage of African slaves to the “New World.” That trip was a spiritual, emotional, and physical death for many of its passengers, and its goal was to sever Africans’ ties with their former lives and render them vulnerable at the hands of Europeans. Now, the journey could not be more different: it is easy, fast, and completely voluntary. Only several accounts of the Middle Passage from the perspectives of the enslaved exist...
...fascinated by the people who were obsessed with him, who flew to the trial and made banners. I thought, What would bring somebody to do something like that?" One possible reason, which Gabriel decided to explore, was the vicarious pleasure that regular people get from following the lives of famous people; for some fans, there is something uniquely satisfying about carrying on an intense, albeit unrequited, relationship with celebrities. "Perhaps some people who don't feel good about themselves and are not able to get what they want out of a real relationship because of a fear of rejection...
...genius of this piece is that Wallace makes no pretense of covering the tennis star as a personality or phenomenon - "Journalistically speaking, there is no hot news to offer you about Roger Federer" - even though he is a witness to the famous 2006 Federer-Nadal final at Wimbledon. Instead, Wallace, who played competitive tennis in his teens, tries to explain why the experience of watching one intelligent but fairly dull man hit a ball is among the more beautiful things a person can see. One of the best magazine stories of the past decade, and the best piece of sports...
...speaking out as well, venting their disappointment with Bush policies that have not reflected Catholic social teaching and with the Republican Party's focus on overturning Roe v. Wade as the only way to address the abortion issue. Douglas Kmiec, a former Reagan administration official and Obama's most famous conservative Catholic supporter, has rushed out a book about his choice in time for the fall campaign: Can a Catholic Support Him? Asking the Big Question about Barack Obama...
...cost of construction for these things. It'll be strange look back at this period and say, remember when we thought music was going to be free forever? I guess the easy answer to the question is something like, "Wasn't it ridiculous when Paris Hilton was so famous?" But I think people will remember Paris Hilton. She'll be a lasting figure because people will use her as a way to understand this weird time period...