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In the age of irony, even the most serious things were not to be taken seriously. Movies featuring characters who "see dead people" or TV hosts who talk to the "other side" suggested that death was not to be seen as real. If one doubted its reality before last week...
Amid so many confusing proclamations of war; so many calls for action in which action is understood as bellicose; so many flag-waving cheers for armed retaliation; I am concerned that the very real pain of those killed, wounded, and mourning is in danger of being swept away. The toppling...
"When the Queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon (fame due to the name of the Lord), she came to test him with hard questions. She came to Jerusalem with a very great retinue, with camels bearing spices, and very much gold, and precious stones ?" - 1 Kings 10...
What nobody knows for sure, though, is whether this storied queen actually existed--or even what her name might have been. The Arabs call her Bilqis (thought to be a religious honorific), the Greeks Black Minerva and the Ethiopians Makeda, or "Greatness," but these are only titles. "Sheba" is simply...
Now, of course, with his attack on the homerun record, Bonds is making it very difficult for those of us who still resent him. Not only is he making headlines, he?s also proving himself a truly gifted hitter, reminding Pirates fans, once again, of what might have been. His...