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I object to his caricaturing of the Religious Right. His implication that the pro-life movement does not care to make it easy on pregnant women is false. The latest issue of the Moral Majority Report carries an article calling on all pro-lifers to remember their duty to help...
Ronald Reagan, who has done much to embody the new American self-confidence, took his November landslide as a mandate, a massive validation of his work. Reagan won in part because Walter Mondale, whatever the merits of his case, was utterly out of sync with the electorate. Mondale, by 17...
A SUNDAY IN THE COUNTRY. A gentle old painter (Louis Ducreux) tries one summer Sunday to reconcile family responsibilities with a renewed passion for his art. In this hugely affecting miniature, Director Bertrand Tavernier illuminates the twilight of a man's life with the colors of compassion.
Some priests have flocks; Father Tim Farley (Jack Lemmon) has fans. The 5:20 Mass is S.R.O. for this Johnny Carson in alb and chasuble, who keeps the customers satisfied with ingratiating patter-dinner and a show for the price of your soul. Off-pulpit, Father Farley is a bit...
Bruce Springsteen: Shut Out the Light (Columbia). This single song is under four minutes long but packs a punch stronger than most albums. His Born in the U.S.A., released in May, not only has no serious competition for album of the year (except maybe Prince's Purple Rain), it...