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Jose Padilla's court-appointed lawyer is the first to admit she is in over her head. "I'm no constitutional scholar," says Donna Newman, a defense attorney in private practice. "I need help...
DIED. R.W.B. LEWIS, 84, Pulitzer-prizewinning author (for 1975's Edith Wharton: A Biography) and longtime Yale scholar who helped pioneer the field of American Studies; of cancer; in Bethany, Conn. A professor of English and American studies for 29 years, Lewis published his last work, a biography of Dante, to critical acclaim last year...
...know some people who think Ginger didn't do it all - at least not at all well. I sat with Davie Lerner, once a dancer with the New York City Ballet and long an amatory scholar of dance in all its forms, and watched "Isn't It a Lovely Day" from "Top Hat." Davie couldn't withhold his informed scorn about Rogers' performance: she can't make the leap, her gestures lack refinement, she's looking at her feet - she's looking at his feet! I confess the experience was deflating, like getting severe criticism of your girl friend from...
...producer Charles Granata is a first-rate Sinatra scholar, with a scholar's interest in the details. Same for the exceptionally knowledgeable critic Will Friedwald, who contributes an essay. But having Granata and Friedwald expend their energies on this material is like having Stephen Hawking explain why the little hand counts the hours and the big hand counts the minutes. For the rest of us, it's just a matter of being suckered. --By Daniel Okrent
...makes the Af-Am department look legitimate, especially for black communities,” says Afro-American studies concentrator Harrel Conner ’02. “I don’t think you can write about it from a pedestal...In order to be a scholar on a topic you have to live the life, because it changes...