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While the message appears decent, its bearers are anything but. Even granting that Farrakhan's Jew-hatred ought to be ignored in this instance, the leader of the Nation of Islam has proved himself uniquely capable at dividing the black community along just about every line possible. As it stands right now, black Baptist churches across America are boycotting the event, along with such mainstream organizations as the NAACP...
From there the movie goes down-hill. Not that it had ever really gone anywhere worthwhile in the first place. For the film to be a thriller, we must care what happens to any of the characters. We don't. For it to be a mystery, we ought to be in some doubt or confusion as to what's going on. We aren...
...QUESTION OUGHT not to be, Will they [African Americans] riot, but rather, What if they don't riot? If the city doesn't burn, will we return to business as usual? Will rogue cops still police our streets? Will the coroner's office still go about its work so sloppily? It's as if we have a problem that these two Americas both know exists--one endures it, the other condones it, nothing gets done on it and now people have the gall to ask what impact this is going to have...
...this eye-on-the-ball Republican attitude is admirable in a way. After all, any reasonable conservative ought to prefer a vaguely moderate, above-politics President Powell to another four years of President Clinton. That is why Republican Brahmins are busy making wonderfully subtle distinctions about Powell's support for affirmative action--an issue they formerly saw in stark, absolutist terms. It is why even Ralph Reed, front man for Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition, is making cautiously friendly noises about a man who says brazenly that he is "pro-choice" on abortion...
...ought not sit here and say 'Yes, yes, yes' as we have over the last five years," Flaherty said...