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...Europop singles of last year. The standout “Isaac” was the cause of much criticism for Madonna because she was accused of singing about Kabbalah founder Isaac Ben Luria, which violates Jewish law. (She maintains that the title actually refers to guest vocalist Isaac Sinwany.) Regardless of to whom the song refers, it’s the only track on the record with a Kabbalist influence. Softly-strummed guitars, Hebrew chanting, and psychedelic humming, along with the prerequisite thumping bass, makes it the most distinctive song on “Confessions,” providing...
...Tickets available through Ticketmaster or at the door. $8. (JDMC)Wednesday, Dec. 7Schlesinger Library Film Series. Connie Field’s “Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter,” and Love’s “Women in the Wings.” Guest speaker Cynthia Enloe of Clark University will lead discussion after the films. Radcliffe College Room, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute. 6 p.m. Free. (AMF)Iron and Wine and Calexico with Tim Fite. The bands Iron & Wine and Calexico perform songs from their new collaborative, seven-song...
...current reality." The bills that have been circulating in Congress take different, sometimes overlapping approaches to the problem. The most divisive issue among them is whether undocumented immigrants should be required to return to their home country before applying for a work visa or whether they could get guest-worker status without leaving the U.S. The second, more lenient option has been attacked by the Minutemen and other conservative groups as tantamount to amnesty...
...last 10 years, and the problem is worse today." But the Democrats have had no more success than the Republicans at divining a policy that will reassure both Latino voters and those who worry that illegal immigrants are unfairly taking jobs and social services. Democrats want a guest-worker program, but Kennedy's bill would still require that workers who want legal status, in addition to passing background checks and taking English and civics lessons, pay a $2,000 fine plus back taxes, punitive measures opposed by some immigrant advocates on the left...
...California Governor Pete Wilson, a Republican, ran an ad keening that illegal immigrants "just keep coming." Wilson won, but Republicans in California say the damage to the party's standing among Hispanics persists to this day. Bush is already giving up some symbolic territory. When he announced his guest-worker plan in 2004, he did so before an audience of 200 Latinos. By contrast, his speech this week on "border security and immigration reform" was scheduled for an Air Force base in Arizona. He planned to meet with border patrollers in Texas the next...