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April 2nd, 2003
Satire of Our Overwrought Age Lamely Delivers
Anger Management is silly and funny and deserving of such small words. Director Peter Segal serves up a campy, if homophobic, reply to our therapeutic culture and ...
April 1st, 2003
Papal Residence Goes ‘the Way of the Fabulous'
The "Fab Five" have done a complete make-over of the Vatican this past week prompting His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, to say, "It is as it was." ...
March 28th, 2003
Scripture Reflections for Sundays in Lent
Readings: 2 Chronicles 36:14-16,19-23 Ephesians 2:4-10 John 3:14-21 We've all seen him. The crazy guy at a football game wearing a rainbow wig and holding ...
March 19th, 2003
Reluctant Saint: Francis of Assisi
Sex, drugs, and mandolins. That pretty much describes the first half of Francis of Assisi's life, says best-selling author David Spoto. His book, Reluctant Saint: The Life of Francis of Assisi ...
March 19th, 2003
The 26-Year-Old Buddhist Nun and Activist Won't Be Silent
Type Ngawang Sangdrol's name into any Internet search engine and prepare to be bombarded. A quick Google hunt reveals over 2800 web pages carrying her name?with good reason. Ngawang Sangdrol, a Tibetan Buddhist nun and ...
March 18th, 2003
Jesus Was Voted Out Too
Bless me, Father , for I am about to draw a connection between Your Son's Passion-the story of his suffering and death read in Catholic and other churches this Sunday, Palm Sunday -and a "reality" ...
March 10th, 2003
Does the Glamour of Evil Make It Easier to Believe In?
I am going to break one of my own writing rules here, and turn to Hollywood for wisdom: "Why," said George Burns, representing God, "is it so easy to believe in that movie about exorcism, and ...
March 1st, 2003
Life Goes on in Bracketville in Tough Times
Bracketology 101 I was introduced to the magic and ritual of March Madness in my grade school years. During tournament time, my dad would take my siblings and me to McDonald's for breakfast before ...
February 26th, 2003
Toni Smith's Silent Protest Dares to Offend
March is nearly upon us, as is the brink of war. Usually when I think of March I tend to think of college basketball and March Madness, also known as the NCAA's ...
February 20th, 2003
Cinematic Evil and the Real Thing
One weekend afternoon when I was a kid, the 1958 film The Blob came on TV. Maybe my mother shouldn't have let me watch it. That scene where the terrified crush of young ...
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