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September 17th, 2002
Springsteen Finds Music for Our 9/11 Grief in "The Rising"
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<blockquote>"Coffee cups on the counter / jackets on the chair
Papers on the doorstep / but you're not there
Everything is everything / Everything is everything
But you're missing."
---"You're Missing"</blockquote>
Though the biggest fan ...
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September 14th, 2002
Why I Am a Catholic by Garry Wills
Garry Wills was shocked. After the publication of his best-selling book Papal Sin , which documents recent papal shortcomings, Wills not only received the expected letters from angry Catholics demanding he leave the Church, but ...
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September 10th, 2002
More Guts Than Blood in Red Dragon
I once had a roommate who disapproved of me watching the X-Files. You know, because of all the murdering, and that creepy music. She would glide past the TV Sunday nights gently tsk-tsking, and recite ...
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September 1st, 2002
Sounding Off As a Nation
Friday night, 7 p.m., Central time. I'm sitting in my favorite chair, anxiously staring at my radio, when those familiar words come through the air: " From WBEZ Chicago?and Public Radio ...
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August 17th, 2002
Lessons from Trash TV
"Anna Nicole Smith is busting out with a wild new reality sitcom. It's the place where pop culture and cleavage converge, so tune in and stay abreast of Anna Nicole's big adventures."
-- Program description from ...
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July 5th, 2002
The Importance of Being Real
At the movies, do you stay until all the credits have rolled by?
Everyone knows that behind-the-scenes folks in the movie industry get the short end of the stick. Directors and producers are ...
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June 5th, 2002
"Do not bother to adjust your (TV) set. We control the vertical. We control the horizontal."
-cheesy , deep-voiced narrator on "The Outer Limits."
Ever see that old show, "The Outer Limits"? Basically, it's a poor man's ...
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May 19th, 2002
"Waiting for Star Wars is an art project designed to capture the evolution and journey of one person's wait for a single event?"
-- Jeff Tweiten and John Guth, two guys who waited four and one-half ...
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May 15th, 2002
Having once been a "Johnist", I've recently converted and become a "Paulist." No, not that kind of Paulist. I've always been a huge Beatles fan. So recently, when I took my son to see Paul ...
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May 1st, 2002
"I'll be right here."
- E.T. to Elliot before blasting off for home
"Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."
-Jesus to his disciples, before blasting off for heaven
So E.T. is twenty ...
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