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...Islam and Violence Irshad Manji's essay "When Denial Can Kill" succinctly captured the complex issue of Islam's intertwinings with terrorism and noted that Muslims, of which she is one, need to admit that Islam might be motivating suicide bombers [Aug. 1]. As a Muslim, I find it not only refreshing but also encouraging to read an article that challenges what Manji referred to as a "dangerous denial from which mainstream Muslims need to emerge." Perhaps other Muslims will follow Manji's lead and be less hesitant to create a much needed bridge of "cross-cultural understanding." Sara Sadik...
...every thought he'd ever had about himself into rhyme. It was immaculately produced, but what made it compelling was the contradictions. The song Jesus Walks mixed spirituality with skepticism and rap with gospel. All Falls Down slammed the "single black female addicted to retail" but concluded with West admitting, "I wanna act ballerific, like it's all terrific/ I got a couple past due bills, I won't get specific/ I got a problem with spending before I get it/ We all self-conscious, I'm just the first to admit it." Throughout, West careered between the Protestant ethic...
...idling about in late summer to make this low-budget picture a hit. That, however, is not quite the whole story here. Yes, the dialogue is reliably obscene, not to say misogynistic, homophobic and not reproducible in these genteel pages. But it is often--how one hates to admit this--funny in its deplorable way. And truth be told, there is also something curiously innocent about the movie...
...Cooper's Testimony Time correspondent Matthew Cooper's account of what he told the grand jury investigating the leak of the identity of cia officer Plame [July 25] increased my level of trust in journalists several notches above its usual place - that is, below used-car salesmen. Cooper admitted that he couldn't make perfect sense of some of his notes, didn't have infallible recall and didn't know all the legal ramifications of everything that happened. He actually seems to think that he can be a little like the rest of us and still be a reporter...
...isn’t often, though, that a competitor as fierce and fiery as Blake will admit, “I generally don’t have a lot of fun losing, but this was a lot of fun to play...