Word: chesterton
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Like the blues, slapstick comedy and the .400 hitter, the murder mystery enjoyed its golden age in the 1920s. That was the epoch of Agatha Christie and Ronald Knox, of G.K. Chesterton and S.S. Van Dine. The mystery craze gripped every age, sex and temperament; it spread so wide that it was parodized by P.G. Wodehouse. Back then it seemed possible to believe, as Playwright Anthony Shaffer later joshed in Sleuth, that mysteries were "the normal recreation of noble minds...
...done brilliantly at Sydney Law School, argued his case like a barrister, presenting "legal briefs" for God. Maisie "knew what she knew" and made her converts with her enthusiasm for everything Catholic, from the Latin Mass--she was, says her son, a "liturgical junkie"--to the jokes of G.K. Chesterton...
...Chesterton once observed that America is a nation with the soul of a church. Bush's use of religious rhetoric seems to confirm this view. None of this is good news for Christians, however, because it tempts us to confuse Christianity with America. As a result, Christians fail to be what God has called us to be: agents of truthful speech in a world of mendacity. The identification of cross and flag after Sept. 11 needs to be called what it is: idolatry. We are often told that America is a great country and that Americans are a good people...
Finally, the breakthrough in cancer drugs that we have long been searching for! Too bad that few of us will be able to afford them. DAVID CHESTERTON Marblehead, Mass...
...have lost. If you need to make contact with dolphins, find an aquatic park that allows them some freedom. Even when they can leave at any time, it seems they always choose to stay. It could be that this freedom is what makes the contact so moving. DAVID S. CHESTERTON Marblehead, Mass...