The Other Jesus

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Archive for August, 2009

Sure, It’s Torture, but Does It Work?

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Former Vice-President Dick Cheney has just successfully lobbied for the release of some files that, he says, demonstrate that water-boarding and extreme interrogation methods produce useful information. It was a little surreal to walk back into the mushroom cloud, since I’ve been in England and Ireland, where there hasn’t been as much fuss about […]

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Me, Myself, and I

Sunday, August 16th, 2009

Martha and I went to see Julie and Julia Friday night, and I enjoyed it immensely, not least for the sheer on-the-noseness of its take on contemporary culture. Julia Child (the wondrously fun and funny Meryl Streep) takes it into her head to be a chef and a writer, and nothing that anyone can say or do, […]

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Read the Spirit

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