A chance to shine fresh light on issues old and new. Were the dark ages really dark? Has Obama lost his shine so much he may lose the presidency? Is there too much exposure given to what was once hidden, from sexual smut to pornographic novels? Meanwhile is indulging in legal substances from cigarettes to alcohol, treated alike an illicit activity, to be hidden from view? Are the hidden mysteries of what forms character now brought into the open by science? Is the secret of pop music, so in the limelight, that actually it’s lost its shine?
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