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...allow me to baffle or anger my new flock by getting to today's subject: a simple, informative survey of a dozen or so film biographies of Jesus, noting particularly how their depiction of the Messiah's conviction and death compared with Mel Gibson's. The alleged Messiah is once again hot (in the more attractive sense of that word), and readers may be helped by these scattershot notes on other examples of the genre. All of the films, including "Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter," are available on video and/or DVD from amazon.com...
...Prime Minister Ariel Sharon snubbed the hearing as an "international circus," and the U.S. boycotted it as well. Also absent were representatives from the E.U. - and that surprised some Israelis, who have long accused Europe of anti-Israel bias. (Those feelings were fueled in part by a November Eurobarometer survey in which 59% of Europeans polled said the Jewish state "presents a threat to peace in the world.") But on this occasion, fearing that the ICJ hearing could hurt the peace process, current E.U. President Ireland and nine other member states sent only written briefs. "The political knot," said Italian...
...motion requests that the trail be moved from Middlesex Superior Court to Berkshire County Superior Court in Pittsfield, Mass. A phone survey commissioned by the defense showed that media outlets in Berkshire County have not covered the case extensively and residents will have fewer preconceptions...
...same survey found that 47 percent of 400 randomly-selected Middlesex residents reported they were familiar with the case. However, 45 percent had no recollection of the event. The survey also indicated that more residents polled believe Pring-Wilson is guilty than innocent...
...Today’s polls) 20 percent of Americans believe that they’re already among the wealthiest 1 percent, and 50 percent believe they will reach the highest 1 percent in their lifetimes. When Shrum advises his candidates to condemn corporations, he ignores that (according to the Survey of Consumer Finances) nearly half of all Americans own some form of stock—and want American companies to succeed. And when Shrum advises his candidates to call President Bush a tool of selfish special interests, he lets the president too far off the hook. Bush is responsible...