But we should take Iain Banks's work seriously because it enlightens us as well as lightening the load.
"There is nothing wrong with self-interest, as long as it is enlightened, long-term self-interest".
But this is only skimming the surface of a show that's as approachable as it is enlightening.
Why, perhaps even George Bush could become president.Greg ParnellSeattleChina and SARSSIR – Your article is as timely as it is enlightening ("China's Chernobyl?", April 26th).
Professor Helmreich, a sociologist at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, invites readers on a romp through largely unexplored neighborhoods that is as entertaining as it is enlightening.
As that digital piece makes clear, art itself is a post-Babel language, as corrupting as it is enlightening, and Ms. Reichek continues to both produce and scrutinize it with multitasking intelligence and flair.
I find almost every sentence A. O. Scott writes as charming as it is enlightening, and was flattered he took the time to address my published feelings about Bruce Springsteen in his roundup on recent books about the Boss (July 3).
His work has soared and dived through the long 19th century and the short 20th, zooming way up above individual nations to trace Europe's big story since its industrial and political revolutions, before delving down to ground the grand themes in detail as meticulous as it is enlightening.
Campers are videotaped daily, and the results are analyzed in one-on-one sessions with Hollings or Dunn, an experience as humbling as it is enlightening.
By the same token, don't denigrate that which you choose not to understand; one day perhaps you will find it as enlightening as others do but for now, simply respect that it is not for you and leave it alone without passing judgment.
