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...only traditional liberals who are fretting about all this gas consumption and pollution. Even some evangelical Christians have joined the anti-SUV chorus. A group called the Evangelical Environmental Network, based in Wynnewood, Pa., has produced TV ads with a provocative tag line: "If we love our neighbor, and we cherish God's creation, maybe we should ask, 'What would Jesus drive?'" The late-night comics went berserk, but Evangelicals take seriously the idea that Christ should be at the center of daily decisions. Says the Rev. Richard Cizik, a conservative minister and registered Republican...
...honest, I did not even know the people we went to kill," says Gerard Uwize, clutching a Bible and songbook. In 1994, Uwize joined a venomous swarm of Hutu militia that, with Rwandan government backing, unleashed hell against their Tutsi neighbors. In 100 days, using guns, machetes, clubs and spears, they slaughtered some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus. And now Uwize and thousands of other killers are coming home. At the end of January Uwize, 37, walked out of a Kigali prison carrying a small green plastic bag containing his entire wardrobe and a sack filled with the odds...
Cohen cites a Life Magazine reporter who wrote about the Myers family, the first black family in a Levittown, Pa. neighborhood, as an example of the resistance to racial integration of consumption. The reporter captured a telling remark from a neighbor: “He’s probably a nice guy, but every time I look at him I see $2,000 drop off the value of my home...
...real juice is in its vignettes of life under the occupation. These Palestinians don't like the Israelis, but they're not crazy about one another either. One man waves at passersby while cursing them from the safety of his car. Another man throws bags of garbage into his neighbor's garden, then takes offense when she tosses them back...
...rivalry was his introduction to music. “When I was eight, I said to my dad, ‘Rachel [his older sister]...dances and plays violin,’ and for whatever reason, he recommended I try guitar.” He started lessons with a neighbor, but summer music camp and the jazz program at Cambridge Rindge and Latin made him more serious about music...