Hairstyles and finance: the long and short of it
Independent - Hair extensions are out, edgy crops in. There must be a downturn on the way, says Rachel Shields
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Cost of a meal driven higher by hoarding nations
International Herald Tribune - At least 29 countries have sharply curbed food exports in recent months, to ensure that their own people have enough to eat, at affordable prices.
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The Ambiguous Legacy of ‘68
In These Times, by Slavoj Žižek - The new capitalism triumphantly appropriated this anti-hierarchical rhetoric of ‘68, presenting itself as a successful libertarian revolt against the oppressive social organizations of corporate capitalism and “really existing” socialism. This new libertarian spirit is epitomized by dressed-down “cool” capitalists such as Microsoft’s Bill Gates and the founders of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.
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Anxious in America
IHT, by Thomas L. Friedman - It’s the state of America now that is the most gripping source of anxiety for Americans, not Al Qaeda or Iraq. Anyone who thinks they are going to win this election playing the Iraq or the terrorism card - one way or another - is, in my view, seriously deluded. Things have changed.
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Charles Darwin was not the father of atheism
Telegraph - This week sees the anniversary of one of the greatest landmarks in the history of science. Tomorrow we commemorate the great day, exactly 150 years ago, that Charles Darwin unveiled his theory of evolution by natural selection, the most authoritative scientific challenge to Biblical accounts of our origins in, well, the history of the universe.
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Nobody’s a Critic
Smart Set, by Morgan Meis - Criticism isn’t powerful anymore. It doesn’t drive anything, it doesn’t define what is good and bad in culture. Surely this has mostly to do with all the changes in the media landscape over the last few decades. Basically, culture has been democratized. It has been flattened out and multiplied. There are no longer real distinctions between high and low. There’s just more.
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The Battle of the Underdogs
Spiegel - Germany insists it is the underdog ahead of Sunday night’s Euro 2008 final against Spain. Which is odd since most Germans have long thought their team will win the tournament. Still, signs currently point to it being Spain’s year.
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Hedonic Man
New Republic, by Alan Wolfe - Happiness, of course, is anything but a new idea in Western thought. It is, for one thing, the core principle of utilitarianism, the philosophical outlook associated with James Mill and Jeremy Bentham, according to which the most accurate description of human beings is that they seek pleasure and avoid pain.
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