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| Updated: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:14:12 -0500 |
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This week, I've been reading essays by French Writer Henry de Montherlant. I admit to a comprehensive ignorance of his body of work, but find the collection into which I've dipped-an out-of-print Pléiade edition of his Essais-compelling: conversational, clear, rich in reference ... |
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"Come to Bombay. You can act in movies, no problem." A number of Bollywood insiders I spoke to all told me the same thing. Although it had the ring of the too-good-to-be-true, I had long wanted to better understand the Hindi film industry, and through it India, so I allowed myse... |
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For years, lawyers representing Guantánamo detainees have dreaded getting notice from the District Court in Washington that their case had been assigned to Judge Richard J. Leon. A conservative Republican appointed to the bench by George W. Bush in 2002, Judge Leon was seen as ... |
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Reports are circulating this week that President-Elect Obama has interviewed Defense Secretary Robert Gates with a view towards inviting him to stay on in the Obama cabinet. This provides an opportunity to gauge Gates's performance as secretary of defense for two years. In the... |
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"Brother Francis Gerard of Utah might never have discovered the blessed documents, had it not been for the pilgrim with girded loins who appeared during that young novice's Lenten fast in the desert." I have read this sentence a number of times since I found a copy of the book i... |
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Ken Silverstein is on assignment and will return next week. . . .Read more at: Harper's Magazine
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. . .Read more at: Harper's Magazine
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God help me, but I had to laugh when I heard the news that Barack Obama had named Rahm Emanuel as White House chief of staff. What else...
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Lord Bingham, one of the English-speaking world's most famous judges, just went into retirement, and used the occasion of his first pub...
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No this is not a hoax. The indictment was handed down by a South Texas grand jury in Willacy County, the scene of some recent bizarre ...
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 "Taos - Soul of the Southwest" Video (3min 4sec) with Lou Kohl Morgan takes you on a tour of Taos and what makes it special to each of us here. Visit Taos Pueblo, Taos Plaza, Taos Canyon, Taos Ski Valley, and a whole bunch of other places in Taos.
"Welcome to Taos, The Soul of the Southwest. Taos... |
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