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Having just come from a visit to the Grand Canyon, I can say without much hesitation that Roosevelt would not have been pleased. Like so many other natural wonders and wildernesses, the Canyon has become thoroughly "Disneyfied." Let no one misunderstand: I am a veteran Disney fan, but I also believe there are places that don't need to be phonied up for entertainment value. To board a bus and be taken from one tourist station to another, surrounded by "Grand Canyon" hats, mugs, and fake rattle snakes, was not my idea of escaping into nature...
...didn't really lose it until we were delivered to an IMAX theater to watch a tourist movie on the Canyon. Here we had one of the great natural wonders of the world, the story of which began billions of years ago, and all that these intrepid filmmakers could think to portray were four 19th century cowboys navigating the Canyon's rapids...
...fairness, I should mention that the film did begin its story slightly earlier: the audience was favored with a view of the Canyon's earliest human settlers. That is to say, we were shown a host of naked actors trying desperately to look primitive while running around in caves and grunting. The film ended with the James Earl Jones-style narrator proclaiming sonorously that the Grand Canyon gives us a glimpse of the immortality within each...
...Enquirer had given police the name and beeper number of the tipster, who led investigators to a field off Cold Water Canyon Road, about five miles from the crime scene. There they found a gun that ballistics experts have reportedly linked to the murder, and a knit cap believed to have been worn by the killer. The trail also led to Markhasev, who was arrested at his North Hollywood apartment...
When it comes to the Postal Service, building a bridge to the 21st century apparently means burning countless bridges to the past. Livingston won't have to wait much longer to see which side of this canyon it ends up on. According to Wright, the decision is expected to be made by next Monday. In the meantime, thousands of locals are hoping the movie marquee across the street from their beloved post office isn't a grim coincidence. In stark black capital letters, it reads, THE RELIC...