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25 Jul

JD Vance’s ascent marks the rise of the Fantasy Generation

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July 25, 2024

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Top Stories Tamfitronics (RNS) — The ethos of every modern generation might be defined by its literary movements. The Scriblerus Club of early 18th-century Britain was characterized by wit and satirical bite. The Romantics of the next century embraced free love and radicalism. The Modernists were distant and erudite. The Beat Generation was nothing if not roving, free-spirited and hedonistic.Now we are seeing the rise of the Fantasy Generation. This is the generation that came of age in the early 2000s amid the “Lord of the Rings” film franchise based on the books by J.R.R. Tolkien. As a result of the fan culture made possible by the parallel rise of the internet, Tolkien’s epic story in all its forms and deliveries — print, e-book, audio book, cable, streaming and endless memes — is omnipresent. Tolkien...

25 Jul

As Netanyahu addresses Congress, protests rock Capitol

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July 25, 2024

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Top Stories Tamfitronics WASHINGTON (RNS) — Thousands of people protested and several were arrested in and around the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday (July 24), with many voicing frustration and outrage at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he addressed a joint session of Congress.The tone was very different in the U.S. Capitol itself, where Netanyahu spoke to an overwhelmingly supportive crowd as he sought to frame Israel’s ongoing assault into the Gaza Strip, which has claimed tens of thousands of lives, as an existential clash between what he called “those who glorify death and those who sanctify life.”“For the forces of civilization to triumph, America and Israel must stand together,” Netanyahu said. “Because when we stand together, something very simple happens: When we win, they lose. And my friends, I came to assure you today...

25 Jul

Kamala Harris’ heritage draws attention to Hinduism’s complex history in Caribbean

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July 25, 2024

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Top Stories Tamfitronics (RNS) — A standard feature in any biography of Kamala Harris is the fact her parents — one a Hindu from India, the other a Baptist from Jamaica — met at the University of California, Berkeley, where they were both students in the 1960s.In this sense the vice president and presumptive Democratic nominee embodies a heritage shared by millions across the Caribbean basin and the Afro-Caribbean diaspora, many of whom are now talking about the sudden possibility that the next U.S. president could be of Indian and Jamaican heritage, and a person who claims to “know the lyrics to nearly every Bob Marley song” to this day.Indians first came in numbers to the Caribbean in the early 19th century, when the British Empire brought them west as indentured servants, mostly to the...

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