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...fanatic," said Finley Peter Dunne's Mr. Dooley, "is a man that does what he thinks th' Lord wud do if He knew th' facts in th' case." On the other hand, there are folks like me who are fanatically uncertain about what God is thinking. I believe in him, all right. But I do not believe that he is on our, or any, side in wars or that he oversouls his way through the trees or that he presides over my bowling game...
...essential act of faith, it seems to me, is wonder--a sort of involuntary fascination in awe. By awe, I do not mean the act of seeking, either--the quest one hears a lot these days in the affectionate recollection of George Harrison's My Sweet Lord. I don't believe in seeking, and I don't believe in finding...
...doesn't change his look in his 20s? The Gehry chairs? They wouldn't have lasted in Hong Kong's humidity. And there are personal touches on display, like vintage comics and a framed 1977 TIME cover of Rupert Murdoch towering over Manhattan, with the headline: AUSSIE PRESS LORD TERRIFIES GOTHAM. James also admits to keeping a Dewback, a Star Wars creature, in his office, "still in the box because I can't decide?they are always more valuable in the box. But I kind of want to take...
Though the atmosphere today is entirely different, The Lord of the Rings may be more relevant now than it was in the ’60s. Over the last two months, America has been fighting a war against al-Qaeda—a battle of justice against terror, of light against darkness. Not everything America has done so far is right, of course—the curbs on domestic civil liberties and the accidental bombings of innocent Afghanis are particularly troubling. But the essence of this battle is a fight of good against evil...
...mean to imply that his books cannot stand on their own or that they have some subtly implied connection to our world. But like all great pieces of literature, they illuminate essential aspects of the human condition. And so, today we may find more meaning in The Lord of the Rings than ever before...