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...readers in a world of illiterates, Carnegie wants what Eli has, for he believes that the Bible's rhetoric can subdue men more successfully than fear and firearms can. "They'll do exactly what I tell 'em," he says, "if the words are from the Book." (See pictures of Detroit's beautiful, horrible decline...
...says that after the big flash, a voice told him to take the Bible and go West, so he might be Brigham Young leading the Mormons to Utah, or any number of cult leaders who found acolytes in California. Eli could also be a jihadist, using a holy book as his moral cue to annihilate the infidels. He acknowledges that the Bible can work on men in tonic or toxic ways: "Some people said this was the reason for the war in the first place." But he thinks the Word is worth bringing to a new generation. Maybe...
...these theological metaphors make the movie a potential magnet for Evangelical Christians - the first violent, R-rated Passion play since Mel Gibson's in 2004. Gibson had his own action franchises: the Mad Max and Lethal Weapon films. The Book of Eli needn't be that. It's fine as it is: a smart drama that marks a welcome return for the Hughes brothers while indelibly establishing the image of Denzel Washington as one tough, sanctified dude...
...limiting the industrial harvest of the fish in Chesapeake Bay, hard hit of late by dead zones. "The devastation of the marine environment has to be taken into account," says H. Bruce Franklin, a professor of American studies at Rutgers University and the author of a recent book on menhaden, The Most Important Fish in the Sea. (See TIME's photo-essay "Scenes from the Tuna Trade...
...student who prefers train travel over buses and planes, Amtrak has good news for you. Acela Express trains will have free wireless Internet starting this March. But be sure to book that trip soon, as the Internet will be free for passengers only in its initial stages...