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Junot Díaz, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Diego Luna, Demián Bichir, Mario Vargas Llosa and 62 others came together to blast the candidate.
I viewed Bukowski as only doing a limited shtick -- he rarely came into the office himself, but I knew all about him because my friend Judy Lewellen, the city editor, used to go pick up the column. I guess I hadn't understood how popular Bukowski was getting until I was confronted by a book display in London.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
WHAT'S HAPPENING
With the exception of a few intellectuals who truly believe in the democratic system of governance based on Western-like principles, the majority of the Syrian opposition forces appear to be as ruthless as the regime they are fighting to overthrow.
In recent years, debates about the meaning and future of America have been dominated by a bellicose right wing, on the one hand, and a progressive intellectual and political establishment disengaged from -- even scornful of -- American identity.
We are now entering a phase where Darwinian selection apparently attacks ideas themselves: what to remember, what not to remember, which idea is stronger, which idea is weaker.
Walter Kirn, author of the novels Up in the Air and Mission to America, has written the most enticing recent indictment of education in this country.
Brooks distances himself from right wing blowhards like Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh, but essentially advocates the same policy positions without the bombast, and a lot of fancy words.
Muhammad Yunus' ideas for new ways of doing business are creating a snowball effect, a revolution of the best kind.
