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Yesterday, on Ash Wednesday, the Christian practice of Lent began: forty days of preparation for Resurrection—the zenith of faith. While in church, I witnessed an eclectic parade of coordinated bodies in procession toward the altar, where the priest marked each person’s forehead with a cross of ashes. By acknowledging every human’s origin and end in ashes and dust, we are moved toward more than a month of fasting and spiritual growth. In the spirit of ecumenism, similar practices are common to different religions and ways of life: Islamic Ramadan, Jewish...
...everything is not lost. After seeing the ash-trace on many people across the Yard yesterday, I realized there is actually something we could give up that would enhance our spiritual lives, something as meaningful to us as abundant food for hungry Medieval city dwellers. As I saw the symbol of my religious holiday on my forehead, I also noted the myriad other symbols I carried around: an Oakley backpack, signature iPod headphones, a Nike swoosh on my running shoes, designer jeans and sweater, and I did not even dare look in my closet…the list would require...
...little more than an Indian flute loop and an arrhythmic drum machine beat to craft an incredibly danceable track. The song’s beat is so hot that its occasional lapses into lyrical absurdity—at one point Carey opines, “these chickens is ash and I’m lotion”—are excusable...
...third novel to be translated into English, Miyabe's heroine, Junko, sets out on a killing spree through the suburbs of Tokyo to avenge a young couple's death. Junko has pyrokinetic powers-she incinerates her enemies by releasing a burst of energy that turns them into piles of ash. The story of Junko's quest for justice-and her ethical qualms about the bystanders killed along the way-is interwoven with the tale of the investigation by arson detective Chikako Ishizu...
...security apparatus and unceasing propaganda that seeks to paint the United States as the “Great Satan.” The United States can benefit from this opposition and do the people of Iran a service by helping ease its current regime onto history’s ash heap, but not if it remains dogmatically wedded to the current program of negotiations...