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This was something strange and new. Reading literature and having a damn good time had become quietly but decidedly uncoupled. And yet we think of this state of affairs as normal, and it has left us with a set of perverse biases that persist to this day. We have a high tolerance for boredom and difficulty. We praise rich, complex, lyrical prose, but we don't really appreciate the pleasures of a well-paced, gracefully structured plot. Or, worse, we appreciate them, but we are embarrassed about it. Somewhere along the line, we learned to associate the deliciousness...
...Will domestic American politics turn this skirmish into an all-out trade war? The U.S. faces an expected $130 billion trade deficit with China this year. Protectionists in the U.S. Congress have already floated a bill to end permanent normal trade relations. "This really boils down to jobs," says Pennsylvania Congressman Phil English, a supporter of the legislation. "China's unfair trade practices are causing real pain in the U.S." Last week, Beijing announced it might raise tariffs on unspecified American products if Washington doesn't back down on the steel-import tariffs imposed in March 2002. And it quickly...
...don’t write them off yet. Take it from another famous rich girl: “Okay, so you’re probably going, ‘Is this like a Noxzema commercial, or what?’ But actually, I have a way normal life for a teenage girl...
Like so many other teenage girls, Jaime frets about losing her virginity on prom night, and Ally bitches about friends who don’t pay their way during a night out. Way normal! Sure, Jaime may de-stress at the Frederic Fekkai salon, and Ally may be talking about a $700-a-night limo and not a 30-pack of High Life, but let’s just ignore that. Rod Assia, executive producer of “Rich Girls,” offered Fox News his analysis: “These are very common teen themes; they?...
...Beyond normal dorm room parties, most colleges have designated party suites, much like the Pfoho “Bell Tower” or the Currier “Ten Man.” Unlike the party suites at Harvard, Yale provides specific party budgets to these suites through its colleges. In exchange for the financial support of the Branford College Council, the residents of the “God Quad” party suite are expected “to put on a good party at least once a month,” says Steven Smith, a professor of political...