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These aren't really characters; they are points on a rigidly conceived political spectrum. From the moment you meet him, you know, for example, that Rapaport's miserable character has only one fate and one function: to bring the movie to a predictably bloody, conventionally instructive but emotionally abstract conclusion. Singleton has made all the right political moves given his complicated circumstances, but he hasn't really made a movie of them...
Subsidiarity is a good principle, in the abstract. What's more, in the United States it has the imprimatur of the Constitution. In our system, basic sovereignty is supposed to reside in the separate states. The Federal Government has only specifically delegated powers. Louis Brandeis famously described a state as a "laboratory ... of social and economic experiments," able to try out public policy in a way the lumbering national government cannot. But subsidiarity is not the only principle of good government, and there are good reasons for skepticism about the current fad for solving every problem of the nation (welfare...
While municipal finance may seem dry and abstract to the uninitiated, the pain of bad bets can be highly tangible. Rocked by $115 million in losses on its leveraged investments in bonds and other securities, Cuyahoga County, which includes Cleveland, Ohio, said last week it was slashing 11% from all county budgets and was freezing spending for the next four years. Some of the harshest cuts will crimp children's services, as planned hirings of social workers are put on hold. "It means that if you should be making four visits to a child's home one month, you will...
...Helas Pour Moi" has been called Godard's most contemplative and spiritual film to date. This may be so, but it is also highly inaccessible and abstract. After sitting through all 84 minutes, the film's title never seemed apter...
...Blue, Green)," Whistler's "Nocturne in Blue and Silver, No. 1," and Feininger's "Bird Cloud" are tucked in a pristine white oasis at the heart of the exhibition. They are presented like a stage set depicting display techniques in a modern museum. The paintings, all modern and somewhat abstract in tones of blue, crystallize the value of Cultures and Contexts. They are presented on white walls without the helpful explanations, without accompanying cultural artifacts, yet carry themselves with the solitary dignity of true masterpieces. There is a rising debate in American museums about the validity of hanging...