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...nomination of Charles Pickering for the federal appeals court. And just last week the Senate, by a 60-to-40 vote, sent him John McCain's campaign-finance-reform bill, which he does not want to sign but will, and stalled an energy bill that allows drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), which the White House has lobbied furiously to pass...
...from the Middle East. Many on Capitol Hill have been clamoring to “reduce America’s reliance on foreign oil.” Many Republicans with friends in the oil industry have suggested that the way to do this is to dig in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska—a plan that would take 10 years to produce any oil at all and which would produce a paltry amount compared to the amount America imports. The more sensible plan for reducing dependence on foreign oil is, of course, to reduce consumption. Supporters...
...fishing port of Berlevag is about as far as you can get from anywhere, perching on the Barents Sea above the Arctic Circle in Finnmark, Norway's northernmost county. Despite the remote location and frozen terrain, Berlev?g has something to warm hearts across much of Europe - a 30-man amateur choral ensemble starring in a poignant and quirky film called Heftig & Begeistret, or Cool & Crazy...
Among the most popular and financially successful Norwegian films ever, Jensen's "documusical" has been lauded at numerous film festivals. One critic aptly dubbed it an Arctic version of Buena Vista Social Club, Wim Wenders' 1998 documentary about a legendary group of Cuban musicians. "The people up here don't take themselves too seriously," says Jensen, himself a Finnmark native. "The farther north you go in Norway, the more Latin the mentality...
...Jensen, the work was an affair of the heart from his very first encounter with the Berlev?g Male Choir: "As I looked at them, with their faces marked by tough lives in the Arctic, giving themselves over to the poetry of these simple songs, I was very touched. The whole experience went straight to my heart and I felt tears in my eyes." So, too, will many movie-goers who don't understand a word of Norwegian...