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...consumed with equal velocity and voraciousness), are themselves machines: beautifully constructed, splendid to behold. And in this third and possibly final episode, directed by Paul Greengrass from a script by Tony Gilroy, Scott Z. Burns and George Nolfi, the series has come close to attaining a kinetic perfection. If Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down was the all-war war movie - nearly two hours of nonstop battles - The Bourne Ultimatum is the all-action action movie. A pounding of the eyes and ears (John Powell's score is all urgent percussion), the movie is one continuous, exhausting, exhilarating chase...
...From Russia to Bangladesh, democracy is under assault. Democracy is also under assault here in the U.S., where our self-styled divinely selected Commander in Chief, George W. Bush, is leading us into a theocracy. Edward C. Smith, Ridley Park, Pennsylvania...
Commentator John Ridley's view-point column "Why I'm Good with the 'N' Word" [Dec. 11] disregarded the word's legacy of dehumanizing black people. The mere utterance triggers a mental videotape of hatred, violence and oppression. It's not just "mollycoddles" who oppose it. Employment discrimination based on race and color was pervasive. The epithet nigger was directed daily against black workers. Despite the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's successes in combating discrimination, this practice persists. The N word is so clearly poisonous that even nonblack employees file lawsuits when their co-workers or employers use the term...
...John Ridley is a commentator and author of The American Way, a graphic-novel series to be published in February
...curtailed. The way forward lies in increased wealth, better standards of living and less taxation. If we seek economic sustainability, we should adopt the motto "If an economy can't make a decent profit, it's not sustainable." Terry Milton Guildford, England Pack Up for Provence Film director Ridley Scott was right on target when he stated, "There is a very strong regard for 'living' in France" [Nov. 13]. My husband and I packed up when we reached retirement age and moved to Saignon, a village in Provence that's minutes away from where Scott's movie A Good Year...