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...Pinter, in adapting the play, betrayed a carelessness bordering on contempt. The original is a two-act story that takes more than two hours; the new one synopsizes all that plot into the first hour, then adds a third act that diminishes, demeans, defames both the material and the actors. To slam home the theme of sexual aggression, Pinter forces one of the characters to dress in drag. Which makes Sleuth fit into the year's dominant trend, of movies from 300 to Blades of Glory, from Chuck and Larry to Superbad: guys channel their attraction or hatred for each...
...This struggle highlights a larger issue in church-state relations: how a government ought to define what constitutes a religion. Although a definition is a necessity, the government must act with the utmost caution, lest it violate the paramount separation of church and state...
...definition provided by Congress is equally vague: In the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Congress defines religion as “a belief [that] must be sincerely held, and within the believer’s own scheme of things religious.” It is easy to see how either of these legal definitions could apply to most of the 4,000 or more world religions. So where did the VA go wrong...
...that was only the first act in the Democrats’ operetta. Last week, President Bush vetoed a bill to expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Plan (SCHIP) by $35 billion over five years. Immediately, the Democrats yanked out the tissues. Reid called President Bush “heartless.” Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) moaned that “all [the President] cares about is war and more war.” And Sen. Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56 (D-MA) wailed, “the same President...
...impact a harsh sentence might have on the morale of Marines. "Even more dangerous is the potential that a Marine may hesitate at the critical moment when facing the enemy," wrote Ware in the Sharratt report. After weighing all the evidence available, Ware ultimately concluded that Sharratt had acted according to his training: "Whether this was a brave act of combat against the enemy or tragedy of misperception born out of conducting combat with an enemy that hides among innocents, LCpl Sharratt's actions were in accord with the rules of engagement and use of force...