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...down vote, since Republicans have 55 Senate seats to their 44. Neutralizing the filibuster may sound like little more than a bit of parliamentary housekeeping, but, given the tactic's long tradition in the Senate, Mississippi Senator Trent Lott christened the move the "nuclear option." Frist ignited the fuse last week, bringing up the long-stalled nomination of Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen to the U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit. Ostensibly, the fight is over a handful of long-blocked appellate court nominations, but both sides acknowledge that it is really about how the Senate will approach...
...hottie Gael García Bernal. He plays a quietly intense young man named Elvis who insinuates himself into his long-absent father's devoutly Christian family: righteous wife (Laura Harring), rebellious son (Paul Dano) and a daughter (Pell James) searching for love, divine or carnal. The movie's fuse is far too long, but there is an explosion, when The King rips off its mask of observational drama to reveal itself as a monster movie with gore galore. Only an actor with García Bernal's appealing seriousness could keep the trick of his character hidden...
...tension between teachers and parents is rising. According to teachers, parents see a world that's getting faster, more complicated and less forgiving, and figure their children's best chance of making it out there is to shine, from kindergarten onward, in everything they do. These high expectations can fuse with the view that no setback is ever just bad luck: it's always somebody's fault - though never their own, nor their child's. While parents will accept human frailty in other areas of life, says New South Wales Primary Principals' Association president Roger Pryor, "in schools they expect...
...based out of Charlestown, the two fuse their brain-rattling thrash in a thrilling, visceral way that virtually guarantees them an RH-esque audience of those who love being challenged by what they listen...
Just as marriage itself comes in religious and civic varieties, so too should the debate over same-sex marriage. Last week’s papal pronouncement is a problem because it attempts to fuse these two separate debates, by combining the issue of civil same-sex marriage into the parallel religious debate. Religious denominations around the world have struggled with the question of same-sex marriage—the Anglican Church in Canada has nearly split over the issue—and just as it is not the state’s place to interfere with these religions?...