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...ideas we write about are all paradigm shifts, all new ways of thinking about things that we deal with every day. The first piece contains the largest idea of all and perhaps the simplest: economist Jeffrey Sachs' notion that we can find solutions to the century's most pressing global problems--poverty, hunger, disease, the environment--as long as we think of ourselves as a single group or entity and not as a collection of competing nation-states. Sachs' provocative and inspiring essay is adapted from his new book, Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet...
...Baker isn't interested in just changing the way we write history; he wants to change our minds about what happened and what should have happened. He shows us a vain, bloodthirsty Winston Churchill overeager to wage war and not overly particular about bombing civilians. He shows us Franklin D. Roosevelt turning away European refugees and baiting the Japanese before Pearl Harbor. As a counterweight, Baker spotlights international pacifist movements, with Mohandas Gandhi as their principal spokesperson. Ultimately Baker appears to be making the argument that no violence is ever justifiable, even in self-defense, and that, in Gandhi...
...meaningto a girl he is trying to impress. Playfultouches such as this are a hallmark ofFurtado’s films.“Houve” follows two teenage boys,Chico and Juca, over the course of twosummers at the beach near Porto Alegre,Brazil. Furtado was inspired to write thescript for his son, actor Pedro Furtado(who plays the character of Juca) and Pedro’sfellow classmates in drama school.“For class projects, Pedro and hisfriends would do renditions of WoodyAllen films and other scripts with adultcharacters,” he said...
What words can I write to mark the passing of “The Wire?” I could tell you that it’s my favorite television show of all time. (It is.) I could tell you that it’s the best television show ever made. (I think so, and many critics agree.) I could even tell you that it’s not merely a TV show; it’s a potential political force that, if it ever finds a broad enough viewership, would have the power to change the fabric of this...
...events have broadened some horizons, and exposed some in our community to facets of a religion with which they were not previously familiar. This is certainly a good thing. However, it should be asked if other, more important concerns have been overlooked. We feel compelled to write this editorial to initiate a discussion on the intersection of pluralism and Islam, and the content of the adhan itself, which translated into English reads...