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...latest film of faith, by the movie industry's other Church-going Catholic, Mel Gibson, has received a frostier, more fulminating response. Critics of the film-and I don't mean film critics- haven't been content with saying they hate the film. Actually, it would be hard for them to do that, since most of them hadn't seen it when they spouted off. (Liberals used to deride those religious conservatives who organized protests of films they hadn't yet seen.) Instead, they wrap their bludgeons in Scripture, or historical citations, or obscure pronouncements from a religious hierarchy...
...Bertolucci seems to mock Isabelle and Theo for joining in, which is problematic because that would mean he disliked the characters he worked so hard to give us without any real explanation. Although The Dreamers is adventurous in a way that few modern films are allowed to be, its content doesn’t measure up to its ambition and leaves us with disappointing thoughts of what the movie could have been...
...Human Values,” which Palmer taught last year, and Religion 1529, “Personal Choice and Global Transformation,” this year’s version, and furrow my brow. If the titles don’t have enough pangs of similarity, then the content certainly does: Many of the same lecturers are on both syllabi, and if compared to one another without reference to the course title, the course descriptions— an informal poll of my friends revealed—are virtually interchangeable...
...Mars [Jan. 26] estimated the cost at $600 billion. That was distressing, to say the least. I live in Africa, a continent ravaged by aids and extreme poverty caused by drought and a lack of employment. To spend all that money to see whether Mars has water, check the content of its dust and perhaps provide the trip of a lifetime to some superrich person is nothing short of criminal! We have mismanaged this incredible planet God has given us, so why spend astronomical amounts on so-called scientific research to go to another planet that cannot benefit...
...that “would you like fries with that?” is not commonplace dinner discourse? For Critser, the element of self-control and discipline is perhaps the hardest factor for Americans to digest. Will we encourage ourselves to run that marathon or are we content to watch the eight-hour Simpsons marathon on TBS? Obesity is a national crisis, but it also bears likeness to a game of dodgeball—will we play or will we remain easy targets...