meehawl all that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned

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Snip Snap

Next weekend in Seattle, critics of genital mutilation are convening an international symposium on circumcision. The program lists 40 sessions. Not one mentions AIDS or male circumcision in Africa. Something’s sorely missing from this...

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Television With Pity

Akhund said he had spent the past year in the border regions of Pakistan, where he described senior Taliban figures as operating freely and working with Pakistani intelligence agencies. He said he and his...

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A Little Bit Choosy, A Little Bit Cheesy

The contents of last year’s official Oscar bag included four nights at the Vera Wang suite at the Halekulani Hotel on Waikiki Beach, handcrafted truffles in a silk box, a private dinner party at...

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Biting the Apple

Several Apple executives were granted options on July 11, two days after Amelio’s departure was announced. So began [Steve] Jobs’ term as interim CEO, the earliest phases of which were marked by substantial uncertainty,...

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More Petaluma Weirdness

As if further proof was needed that Petaluma, California, is the epicentre of all weirdness in California, I note in passing that the suspect in the JonBenét Ramsey murder, John Mark Karr, worked in...

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Convenient Timing

US and British authorities had a significant disagreement over when to move in on the [liquid bombers] … A senior British official … said British police were planning to continue to run surveillance for...