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...Somber-Presence-at-Large for the Republican right. His new book, Why We Fight (Doubleday; 170 pages), is a continuation of the culture wars framed as an attack on critics of the war on terrorism. And in this corner we have Michael Moore, the left-wing prankster and filmmaker (Roger & Me) whose new book, Stupid White Men (HarperCollins; 277 pages), is a smart-aleck rampage through the world made by CEOs and the G.O.P. It quickly hit the top of the New York Times best-seller list. Just behind it on that same list are Bias, Bernard Goldberg's conservative...
ACCUSATION DENIED. ROGER M. CARDINAL MAHONY, 66, of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles; in L.A. Mahony revealed--and strongly denied--an accusation brought to church officials March 20 that he sexually molested a high school student in Fresno, Calif., 32 years ago. Police in Fresno said they are investigating the allegation...
...doesn’t get much more rudimentary than this—and perhaps this is the intention of director Roger Kumble (Cruel Intentions). Once settled into its seemingly random and chaotic pace with characters and overly elaborate gags tumbling on top of each other, it becomes clear that the film is nothing more than a high farce of the first degree. Subtlety is banished not only in humor, but also in the ultimate climax of the plot, in which we see Christina realize—only after copious amounts of melodramatic sobbing, of course—that when...
...Cromwell ’02, an Army ROTC cadet in Mather, sends me an e-mail regarding the senior gift fundraising competition. Since I don’t immediately know the answer, I write back, “Standby, Cadet.” He answers, “Roger that.” My sudden rush of adoration for the vernacular of the military is only tempered by the fact that I don’t have the legitimacy to actually use it properly...
...gestures most dear to the Pope has been the Holy Thursday washing of the feet of 12 priests, symbolizing Jesus' act of humility before the Apostles on the eve of his crucifixion. But the frail Pontiff had to let Vatican Secretary of State Angelo Cardinal Sodano and France's Roger Cardinal Etchegaray do the ceremonial washing...