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...frustrated teenagers searching for role models. The hero would be in shackles, untidy, with no turban and certainly no Kalashnikov, stripped of his glorious, rebellious past. His soft voice would be silent; there would be no more calls to arms through al-Jazeera TV or the Internet. His sad eyes would tell a different story; they would convey a message of surrender. The impact on the many who admired him and awaited his televised messages would be devastation, for none of what he promised has been achieved. Palestine has not been liberated, the land of Arabia is still infested with...
...does the U.S. government think it's kidding by declaring an orange-level, high-risk alert [NATION, Feb. 24]? Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge's urging Americans to get survival kits, plastic sheeting and duct tape was yet another sad attempt by the Bush Administration to get the American people to support an unjust war by heightening our anxiety. TED KEPES Chestnut Hill, Mass...
...think it’s a kind of government-sponsored antagonism,” Huebner said. “It’s sad that it won’t help anything, and may only lead to more animosity...
...annual awards show’s ill-wrought performances by P. Diddy and Kid Rock still make me cringe. It’s too bad that the Grammies—which should be a showcase of the best talent in pop culture—have become just a sad confirmation of the fact that in the past several years, popular music has taken a severe turn for the worse. There was a time, not long ago, when the Grammies—and the music they awarded— didn’t suck...
...debut novel, The Guru of Love, Upadhyay applies his cool hand to universal themes like money worries, infidelity and evil mothers-in-law. He tells his story well?even if we have heard it before. The book's title is a cosmic joke on its sad-sack protagonist. Middle-aged Ramchandra is far from a guru of love, or much of anything except for mathematics, which he teaches at a grubby Kathmandu school and to private students desperate to pass college-entrance exams. It's through these extra tutoring sessions that Ramchandra hopes to scrounge together enough rupees to move...