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There are three primary aspects to character—race, character class, and alignment. Race is the choice among the dragonborn, dwarves, and Eladrin, among others. Character class determines whether a character is a cleric, fighter, ranger, or warlord. Alignment determines a character's moral compass, whether he is good or evil or someplace in between...
...Book Espresso Machine, Google Books, and the myriad other print digitization schemes now afoot carry the danger of turning research into something that can be conducted without ever leaving the compass of one’s local bookstore—or even one’s desk. Surely the heyday of the academic as an explorer, an adventurer, traveling to distant libraries in search of rare and exotic books, has already passed. But must technology wipe away all vestiges of that former side to the vocation...
...Justice League: Hollywood Thank you for Amy Sullivan's candid assessment of the Roman Polanski crime [Oct. 12]. It is ironic that Hollywood is exuberant about throwing a demonstrably contrite Mel Gibson under the bus yet is eager to rally around an unrepentant Polanski. Somehow the moral compass in Hollywood is dramatically askew and rigged against those who don't genuflect properly. It has been striking to watch the Hollywood élite tripping over themselves to muster support and condone Polanski's transgressions. Stewart Quealy, TEMECULA, CALIF...
Thanks for Amy Sullivan's candid assessment of the Roman Polanski crime [Oct. 12]. It's ironic that Hollywood is exuberant about throwing a demonstrably contrite Mel Gibson under the bus yet eager to rally around an unrepentant Polanski. Somehow the moral compass in Hollywood is dramatically askew and rigged against those who don't genuflect properly. It is striking to watch the Hollywood élite tripping over themselves to muster support and condone Polanski's transgressions...
...from a debate on American values. We would all do well to remember that it is just as bad for Democrats to bleach away discussion of values as it is for their Republican counterparts to talk traditional morals in order to fearmonger. Americans navigate the world with a moral compass, and at the end of the day, ignoring public conversation about shared values could set our shared journey off course...