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...make use of unstable and inaccurate proxies. Seemingly solid facts, thoughtless orthodoxies considered True, are largely—although not entirely—a matter of perspective. Which makes Jon Stewart’s denunciation of Crossfire wishful thinking. He wants networks to relay the Truth that descends like manna from the heavens. Tragically, there is no such truth—the networks’ cacophony of talking heads is an apt reflection of reality.But, as both the appeal of LeRoy’s authenticity and the subsequent outrage indicate, we’re in denial about this reality. Instead...
...Marie C. Manna, who is a union organizer for the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers, said that she was “surprised to see that there was such a selection here,” adding that she thought that the “100% Union Made” tag would attract customers...
...Court and certain war conventions are “bad”— deemed “threats to American sovereignty” by organizations like the New American Century. “For these people,” he said, “9/11 was like manna from heaven,” as it resulted in the war on terror and gave license to attack the concept of multilateralism. Sands then explained how lawyers working for the Defense Department created the legally unprecedented category of “unlawful combatants” to deny captured suspects...
...Close Encounters of the Third Kind, in which an ordinary guy sees the light and travels far to make contact with extraterrestrials, was conceived by its original screenwriter, Paul Schrader, as Saul's transforming journey to become the Apostle Paul. The Matrix (the first one, not the sequels) was manna to hermeneuticians. In a recent Museum of Modern Art film series called "The Hidden God: Film and Faith," Groundhog Day, the Bill Murray comedy about a man who relives the same day over and over, was cited as a profound statement of faith, either Buddhist (rebirth), Jewish (acceptance) or Christian...
...that I am standing taller, breathing deeper and stretching farther. On the fourth day I finally break the fast: papaya drizzled with lime and a mug of ginger tea. Not exactly paad thai and an ice-cold Singha beer, but to my expectant lips and empty stomach it's manna...