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After a decade as a working actor, he got to make The Indian Runner. Even now, he says, "I pretty much have some version of a great time whenever I'm directing. Acting I have a little more trouble with. An actor for hire is dependent on the ability of...
In particular, Blanchett’s nuanced performance effectively conveys the multi-faceted nature of Guerin’s character. As an audience we are drawn to the character because Guerin is simultaneously real and extraordinary. While Blanchett depicts her as a strong, courageous woman fighting for a cause, she...
The concept of needing an entire week to shield marriage from the ring-fingers of homosexuals is appalling. Ultimately, the issue isn’t about marriage, it’s about vindication. The Supreme Court overturning of the “sodomy laws” in Lawrence v. Texas...
For better or worse, applicants and alumni donors use rankings to indicate college quality—a powerful incentive for colleges to improve along the criteria selected by the rankings. But the rankings only lead to improvements for students and colleges if their criteria are meaningful. Often they are to...
That, of course, would only make the problem worse. In February, General Eric Shinseki, who was then Army Chief of Staff, set off fireworks when he said the U.S. might have to dedicate "several hundred thousand soldiers" to postwar duty in Iraq, a remark that looks prescient today. Before he...