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...mourns the wicked," goes one big number in the new Broadway musical Wicked. But in this shrewd and enjoyable retelling of the Wizard of Oz story from the witches' point of view, they get something better: understanding. Turns out that Elphaba, better known to us as the Wicked Witch of the West, was born green, and that caused her to be shunned by the popular kids at school. The most popular of them all is Glinda, a perky prom queen used to getting her own way. The two become unlikely friends. But things go awry when Elphaba finds herself...
...contrast, the military’s current policies toward sexual minorities discriminate between individuals on the basis of criteria totally unrelated to excellence or merit. The branches of the military offer professional opportunities and financial rewards to outstanding heterosexual Harvard students even as they unleash witch hunts to purge their ranks of outstanding homosexual recruits. The gulf between Harvard’s values and the military’s bigotry makes the Solomon Amendment particularly disturbing. The Solomon Amendment uses public funds to force academic institutions into complicity with a fundamentalist moral agenda. It exploits mutually beneficial research partnerships between...
...drunks and eco-fanatics. Anyone hoping for the delicate earnestness and lyrical settings of Guterson's earlier worksomething more like his best-selling Snow Falling on Cedars--is in for a rough surprise. If much of the story of the solitary "visionary," as he calls Ann, updates the classic witch trials of old and echoes the trajectory of every messiah, it could also be read as an account of what happens to those visionaries called celebrated novelists, surrounded by flunkies, groupies and flakes...
...Witches still walk the streets of Salem. They hawk kettle corn, sell sausages and perhaps cast a spell or two on the side. But today the only things roasting are cashews and almonds. The Salem Witch Trials of 1692—an infamous moment in our nation’s history—are now long behind us, but this small town has capitalized on its gory past. However, ghosts and ghouls are not the only attraction. Part of the town’s history lives on in sweeter forms. The magic continues in Ye Olde Pepper Companie, America?...
...Olde Pepper Companie is the perfect side trip once in Salem. Right down the road from Salem’s Witch Mansion and just across the street from the fabled House of Seven Gables, visitors should be sure to stop and indulge in some sumptuous sweets from America’s oldest source, for its candy continues the town’s rich magical history. And not all magic is black magic. Ye Olde Pepper Companie Ltd. 122 Derby Street