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...feeling more disconnected from my own "class" than I ever did from Barack Obama [Sept. 1]. Yes, I am white, and yes, I spent years in a factory. But I've never had a beer during a lunch break (it probably would have got me fired), I have no problem with young executives, I actually like endive salad, and while driving my pickup truck, I listen to National Public Radio. I have no problem with a presidential candidate being perceived as élitist and would not vote for him if he typified the "lunch-pail wing" you described. I think...
...Street ... at least a Main Street that existed before America began losing wars, became ostentatiously sexy and casually interracial. In his presidential debate with Jimmy Carter, Reagan talked about an America that existed "when I was young and when this country didn't even know it had a racial problem." The blinding whiteness and fervent religiosity of the party he created are an enduring testament to the power of the myth of an America that existed before we had all these problems. The power of Sarah Palin is that she is the latest, freshest iteration of that myth...
...because North Korea is so sealed off from the rest of the world, the wrong end is all they've got. The North Korean government - in the person of 80-year-old Kim Yong Nam, ostensibly Kim's second in command - said on Sept. 10 there was "no problem" with the Dear Leader. Still, a senior South Korean intelligence analyst told TIME that "something strange has clearly happened. We know Kim Jong Il has been out of sight for a few weeks, and we know physicians from outside North Korea have come to Pyongyang. But that's all we know...
...freshmen were abruptly thrown into darkness. “We freaked out for two seconds, then everyone took out their cell phone,” said Enrique Nava ’12. Though the electrical fire was quickly subdued, the power remained out until around 2:30 a.m., creating problems with safety services including ID-card access, the emergency blue light system, and emergency alarms. Students were asked to leave the dorms for the night, and were allowed back after the power came back on. Around 9 p.m., Adams House residents were informed of the situation by e-mail...
...that lacked basic services like electricity, grocery stores and gas stations brought the same accusations. In addition, their heightened rhetoric as Gustav approached - New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin at one point said it could be "the storm of the century" - only hurts their credibility in subsequent potential disasters. The problem is that, while the public needs to be protected, residents face another problem: deciding how many more times they are willing to go through the drill...