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...don’t tell,” not being at war, that matters. (I don’t care for the word homophobic, which means in Greek “one who fears the same thing,” an interesting problem that seems to marry Kafka to Zen.) And then there was the list, thoughtfully and diffidently presented, should you care to read his remarks, of possible reasons—reasons others have proposed, mind you—for the dearth of women in science. So he’s a misogynist, too! Help! For the record...
...NAMED. JOSEPH ZEN, 64, Catholic bishop of Hong Kong and outspoken democracy and human-rights activist; as cardinal, by Pope Benedict XVI; in Rome. Zen, whose role in mass pro-democracy marches helped to hasten the resignation of former Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa last year, will be elevated on March 24 along with 14 other Catholic leaders. Zen's selection, which signals the Vatican's growing interest in the spiritual needs of China's millions of Catholics, was greeted by a Chinese government statement that "religious figures should not interfere with politics...
...aims at allowing students to experience South Korea through a variety of extracurricular activities, such as visiting Seoul’s National Museum, which displays “historic relics from the country’s rich past,” and staying in a temple to learn about Zen Buddhism, Kim wrote. She added that students will also get to experience Korean popular culture. “Seoul is the birthplace of ‘Hallyu’ or the Korean Wave, which is a new alternative popular culture that has spread through Asia with great force...
...signals its retro intentions with midcentury-modern production design, a jazz sound track and the casting of Robert Vaughn (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) as an aging grifter ("You're never too old to cheat, my dear"). Adrian Lester (Primary Colors) is ice cool as Mickey, a Zen master of con who treats his work more as philosophy than fraud. It's all delightfully phony, but will win your faith on charm and panache. Just watch your wallet...
Granted, in terms of pop-culture zen, moments like these are worth a few guffaws...