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...Bush Isn't A Shoo-In" [Feb. 9], columnist Joe Klein wrote that the President "has spent the past three years packed in political bubble wrap, sequestered from the realities of the public sphere." Wasn't Bush's father criticized during the 1992 campaign for being out of touch with mainstream America? Our current President's habit of being fed information mainly through his handlers keeps him not only out of touch with the mainstream but also willingly in the dark about issues and opinions other than those his close advisers believe he wants to (or should) hear. There...
...right to create in an climate of total freedom, whatever feelings of outrage the work may stoke among the ignorati. (That is: other people.) When we disapprove, we talk about his responsibility to the sensitivities and sensibilities of good people. (That is: us.) So, in the aesthetico-religious sphere, we defend Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ, which portrays Jesus as a human who slowly learns he's divine, and Kevin Smith's Dogma, a raw comedy about an abortion-clinic worker who is a lineal descendant of Jesus. Anyway, I defended these films in TIME...
Glickman also pointed to Nader’s absence from the public sphere since the 2000 election...
...Stills have yet to reach the level of musical and performance maturity that other bands in their sphere like Interpol command. Several times they went into feedback overdrive, not seeming to realize how much the jarring noise detracted from the underlying musical textures. Fletcher’s dry, overwrought vocals provided more annoyance than thoughtful tenor. Nonetheless, thrashing energy from drummer Dave Hamelin and bassist Oliver Crowe, combined with Fletcher’s art-boy charm (moments of social awkwardness aside) redeemed the performance, at least partially...
...Their being in DeWolfe is an encroachment in our sphere of influence,” Corker said. “They have their side of the river and we have ours...