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...London shows go, most of the art is pretty poor: a few pots, a couple of paintings, some cartoons and doodles, displayed in the back room of a charity in a commercial street. But Captivated: The Art of the Interned is a quietly damning indictment of Britain's treatment of post 9/11 terror suspects. Opened the week after Gordon Brown's government won the right to extend detention without charges to 42 days, the exhibit is a glimpse of the thoughts and longings of interned terror suspects...
...Poor St. Louis. Everyone has a tear or two for gritty cities facing hard times - for the Detroits, the Clevelands, the Buffalos - but who spares a thought for the elegant dowager reduced to reusing tea bags? St. Louis was never a rude boomtown. It was the Midwestern city with an Athenian heart, valuing music and philosophy, nurturing a great university, birthing poets and hosting, in one incredible zenith year, both the World's Fair and the Summer Olympics...
...poor St. Louis may have to trust in InBev's promise to keep St. Louis as its North American headquarters and flagship brewery. As for the Clydesdales - most of them moved to a farm in California years...
...next comic is about a 100-year U.S. war in the Middle East, with superpowered soldiers and flying Islamic fundamentalists. It's the kind of idea that would get squashed at a studio meeting, where the poor performance of all the Iraq-war movies would be trotted out. But then, Millar doesn't need anyone's green light. He just needs an artist...
...understanding and accommodating those who naturally want to make a "better life," even if doing so means breaking the law [June 16]. But a nation must decide what policy best serves the long-term interests of all concerned. We are currently swamping the labor markets of the working poor, minorities, the unskilled and legal immigrants with millions of illegal workers who want to make a better life. Legal Americans deserve our compassion as well. Matthew Bracken, ORANGE PARK...