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...Well, yes, that was the point. The editorial was intended as a satire of Asian stereotypes. It was to function as a stereotype of stereotypes. The intention, the next day’s respectful but defiant Editor’s Note argued, was “to lampoon racism by showing it at its most outrageous. We embraced racist language in order to strangle it.” Like proponents of absurdist theater in the ’20s, the idea is to present to the audience something so outrageous that they are compelled to disagree with...
...TIME's Bangkok bureau sits on a quiet residential soi, or street, where Buddhist monks stroll by in saffron robes. Parents drop off their kids at the local elementary school; university students in uniforms - yes, college kids wear uniforms in Bangkok - lug backpacks full of books. But just a few blocks away is one of the city's many saucy neighborhoods: Soi Cowboy, a neon-lit stretch boasting clubs such as Spice Girls and Doll House. During the day, I can walk Cassius, my pet schnauzer, down Soi Cowboy, and she gets friendly pats from sex workers in hot pants...
...knew my question. With a wide, knowing smile, she nodded and said, "Oh, yes, he sure did." And I believed...
...Yes. I will prove through hearings that [keeping U.S. troops there] is counterproductive. The number of troops over there has not decreased the violence. It hasn't increased stability. One of the things that worries me about these guys that criticize the war effort, they come right down to the end, but then they say, "But we have to stay because of the chaos." Just because the Administration says there's going to be chaos doesn't mean there's going to be chaos...
...DECADES, THE PREVAILING DOGMA IN neuroscience was that the adult human brain is essentially immutable, hardwired, fixed in form and function, so that by the time we reach adulthood we are pretty much stuck with what we have. Yes, it can create (and lose) synapses, the connections between neurons that encode memories and learning. And it can suffer injury and degeneration. But this view held that if genes and development dictate that one cluster of neurons will process signals from the eye and another cluster will move the fingers of the right hand, then they'll do that and nothing...