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// On the story of Phoebe Prince, Christopher Caldwell in the Financial Times writes: Prince’s family moved from Ireland to South Hadley, Massachusetts, last autumn so that 14-year-old Phoebe could be near her cousins and get to know the US. Pretty, cheerful, exotic and naive, she had what is described as a “fling” with the [...]
// In light of the ongoing recovery efforts in Haiti, David Brooks offers several observations regarding Haitian development as well as development in general. I certainly don’t agree with all of his analysis, but he makes some important and thought-provoking points. One is that development aid, which has amounted to trillions of dollars over the past several [...]
// I recently visited a WordPress blog (which will remain unnamed to protect the innocent) in which a western woman wrote that in her travels in some regions of India, she had a tough time finding the women. She found few walking around in public, dining in restaurants or visiting the beach. Whenever she did [...]
// Quick: what is the difference between Paris Hilton and Carrie Prejean? Both have risen to prominence and success largely due to their physical appearance and willingness to use their sexuality and sex appeal to their advantage. Both have little to offer the American public in the way of intellectual insight or intelligence. Both are [...]
