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...Democratic primary campaign has produced one of the more depressing political phenomena in memory: the rise of the citizen pundit. With Howard Dean gone from the race, the last traces of passion--and, I fear, conviction--have been leached from the electorate. Instead of voters, we have handicappers. Ask a civilian why she likes Kerry or Edwards, and more often than not, you get dime-store Capital Gang: "Kerry can match up with Bush on national security," or "Edwards can win in the South." This is a form of pragmatism, I suppose. Democrats are desperate to beat George W. Bush...
...Passion Gibson's new film on Christ is bloody and well made...
VIEWPOINT: Does The Passion of the Christ miss the whole point...
...Hungarian-born billionaire has spent $4 billion on causes from fighting disease to fostering democracy, but his latest passion is politics--and he has pledged at least $15 million to defeat President Bush. He also blasts Bush foreign policy in a new book, The Bubble of American Supremacy, and is taking his message to college campuses. TIME's Karen Tumulty talked with...
...might not expect much controversy from a strenuously reverent film adaptation of some famous chapters from the all-time best-selling book, one found in most homes, churches and hotel rooms. But with mouthy Mel Gibson as the auteur and the Gospels as his text, The Passion of the Christ has stoked a holy word war of an intensity not seen since Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ...