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...MASH was an exercise less in Olympian misanthropy than in leering misognyny, especially in its twitting of the prim Hot Lips Houlihan as a secret sexpot worthy of being exposed before the entire company as she took a shower. The curtain falls, Hot Lips is revealed naked, the medics applaud at their practical joke and feminism takes a nasty hit. (I could name one young bride who, after storming out of a screening room at the end of that shower scene, literally went home to her mother, telling her husband, "I don't want to live with someone who thinks...
...being shanghaied by terrorists, and he can do what politicians can't." In late October, Benedict received a different kind of validation in an open "Your Holiness" letter from 38 of the best-known names in Islamic theology. The missive politely eviscerated his Regensburg speech but went on to "applaud" the Pope's "efforts to oppose the dominance of positivism and materialism in human life" and expressed a desire for "frank and sincere dialogue." At a time when the credibility of Western political leaders in the Muslim world has sunk to new depths, the letter treated Benedict as a spokesman...
...applaud the ambition of the committee. It’s the best thing I’ve read since the 1947 Report on General Education,” said Peter J. Gomes, the Plummer professor of Christian morals...
...applaud Krauthammer's realistic take on the North Korean issue-that a "dynamic, capitalist, reunited Korea" would be stiff competition for a China that aspires to impose its will on East Asia, hence Beijing keeps its unruly neighbor alive and refuses to support tough U.N. sanctions against North Korea. Let's hope for the sake of the Korean people that China does not succeed in promoting its self-interests and that there may be a reunited Korea before our lives are over. Juwon Yang Los Angeles...
...weigh the potential risks and benefits of drugs for themselves, with the advice of independent analysis, and decide whether it’s worth it to them. The D.C. Circuit’s ruling is a victory for our rights and a victory for our health. We should applaud it, and tell the FDA that it must allow terminally ill patients to take Gleevec or whatever other medications might save their lives...