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Plus, some traditions are sacred. "Everywhere you spend less because you make less," says Sophia Soloway, 24, a former personal shopper who is now studying journalism at New York University. "But I'm still going to get my costume. Halloween is my favorite holiday." Soloway is going to a party as a corpse's bride. Cost...
...ongoing historical debate over the personal merits of Christopher Columbus is reserved for another time and place. For now, consider that many figures in American history are remembered for their accomplishments rather than their participation in the follies of their respective eras. We honor George Washington no less on Presidents’ Day because he owned slaves, but rather we honor him as the father of our country. To sacrifice the reputation, dignity, and heroism of a visionary man as a “symbol” for the worst excesses committed by colonial governments is both unfair and obtuse...
Students also pointed out less extreme examples of fetishization, referring in particular to the phenomenon of “Yellow Fever...
...Kirwan is no yes-woman. She said she believes in frank communication, even if the news may be less than pleasant for its recipients. Even more importantly, Kirwan stressed that it is often incumbent on leaders to acknowledge that they do not know something instead of resorting to silence...
...Leslie [Kirwan] could not be less like a bull in a china shop, and yet she is capable of being very direct, and that is a very unusual combination,” Taylor said. “She makes people cope with whatever needs to be dealt with. She will not hide the problem, and she will not sugar-coat it. She’ll deal with them...