February 2008
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We can use the hands, but not the spirit?
“Developers in Tijuana would build entire neighborhoods of generic 400-square-foot houses — miniature versions of suburban America,” Mr. Cruz said in an interview. “What I noticed is how quickly these developments were retrofitted by the tenants.” Informal businesses like mechanics’ shops and taco stands would quickly sprout up on the front lawns and between the houses, transforming them into...
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Goodbye to what? Hillary, Sex, and White Power
And when I say Hillary, I really mean to include what seems to be an increasing number of Second Wave feminists advocating on her behalf: first Gloria Steinem got me worked up with her Op-Ed in the Times a month ago, detailing the case for how Women Have it Harder Than Blacks.
I really started shouting at the radio yesterday, however, when Women’s Media Center founder Robin Morgan made the...
Of Fiery Heads
Years ago, I lost any musical talent I may have gained from a few years of trumpet lessons (I remember playing pieces with lots of sixteenth notes, but don’t remember how well). But as most who know me can attest, I also have a tremendous - overriding - interest in inside baseball sorts of tidbits: talk of managing hedge funds and, today, finding common elements of songs I know and running...