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Luke would have remembered that slaughter. By documenting Joseph and Mary's compliance with Quirinius' census, he was broadcasting to Roman readers that his fellow Christians were not that kind of messianists, intent on armed revolt. But by framing Christ's birth in the context of that empire-wide tally, he was also suggesting that not just Jewish Palestine but also the entire known world was a possible horizon for Christ's kingdom. It was a delicate line. The adult Jesus would later put it nicely (although Luke may have inherited this particular phrase from the earlier-written Mark): "Render...
Californians have come to expect such antics from their Republican Governor. At a typical event, he comes crashing onstage, delivers a macho statement of intent, metaphorically flexes his muscles, then roars away. Nothing could be more different from the distinctly undynamic Davis, who ended up a hostage of Sacramento's lawmakers and lobbyists and who certainly couldn't lift the Governor's conference table. In his first year in office, Schwarzenegger has proved to be a rousing political one-man show. In a quip that partly mocked his old Saturday Night Live caricature, he branded Democratic legislators who were blocking...
...spirit or passion for "driving creativity," as she puts it. Even with a husband and 10-year-old daughter at home, you can find this self-described "music junkie" at the occasional late-night club gig. These days, McGrath is spending lots of time overseas too, where she is intent on expanding Nickelodeon's presence and developing more original programming for MTV, including the soon-to-debut MTV Base in Africa. Back home, a year after Janet Jackson's MTV-produced Super Bowl half-time striptease, McGrath may again be a lightning rod with the February launch of her newest...
...Warren's case? "Somnorexia"? Perhaps it's time this condition had a name, because in this age of flexible work schedules, all-night dining, round-the-clock cable news and home espresso makers, it may be far more common than people suspect. For certain restless, overscheduled Americans intent on squeezing more labor, more fun, more family time and more sheer activity from their lives, the traditional 24-hour day has become an anachronistic inconvenience, much like the sit-down evening meal. Though early-to-bed Ben Franklin might not approve, the famously sleepless Thomas Edison probably would. Why else invent...
...That must mean big numbers: voting blocs, body counts. But numbers numb, allowing easy generalizations of the Other. Instead, read these images; they humanize the abstract. "The Army" is revealed as young folks far from home, and "Iraqis" as 24 million individuals, some grateful to these young folks, others intent on killing them. In pictures of an athlete, a candidate, orphan kids who find a reason to smile, there is no They--only people who, when a gifted photographer catches them in a moment of their lives, sometimes add up to We. What follows are snapshots of our collective soul...