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Menand and Simmons have both said in the past that they favor more prescriptions than the current proposal contains, but Menand said this week that it would not be clear whether the rest of the group agreed until the members had a chance to meet further...
John H. Updike ’54 discussed his decision to depart from studying the mind of the suburban middle-class citizen in favor of the disturbed mind of an outsider, at a book reading of his new novel “Terrorist” yesterday at First Parish Church...
Moments after the Supreme Court decision striking down the Bush administration's military tribunals in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, even a lawyer close to the defense team was shocked that the court had ruled so strongly in his client's favor. The decision, he said over the phone from the courthouse steps, "will change war on terror as a whole...
...Given Williams' institutionally weak position within the communion (he's no Pope), it's perfectly reasonable for him to favor such a consensual process. But there is a real question as to whether some conservatives in the U.S. and elsewhere will be willing to wait that long for their divorce from Episcopalianism. Several American dioceses have already requested to be put under the authority of non-Episcopal bishops from overseas...
...question with each dying breath was "Why, humankind, do you remain silent? How can you tolerate all this?" God is still asking. Esther Blumenfeld Tucson, Arizona, U.S. Watch Your Language As a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Eastern Europe, I commend Charles Krauthammer for his excellent essay in favor of making English the official language of the U.S. [June 12]. Bilingualism might have the effect of dividing the country. I sometimes feel even more like a foreigner when I encounter people who have no intention of learning English and assimilating into this great society. Uncontrolled immigration is the major contributing...