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...those sorts of sentiments running through Li's film corpus. In Bruce Lee's action movies, the Eurasian outsider fought for no greater cause than himself (the sole exception is 1972's Fist of Fury, in which he battled the cocksure Japanese). Jackie Chan made the action-comedy subgenre his own, reducing martial arts to a form of slapstick. Li, however, has most often played the sober upholder of national pride...
...world of spirit. Convinced that it held secrets the modern world was in dire need of, Chopra turned his life around. He stopped the cigarettes and alcohol and plunged into a study of Ayurveda and other sciences of traditional healing. Soon he was downloading In-dia's vast corpus of wisdom on the subject into a series of slim, digestible volumes with names like Perfect Health and Uncondi-tional Life. From insomnia to obesity to cancer, no modern misery went unexamined...
...physical treatment and legal contortions sparked international outcry from the United Nations, human rights organizations and the Cuban government, which complained that the territory was being used as a "concentration camp". A U.S. Supreme Court ruling later that year blocked the tribunals and allowed prisoners to petition for habeas corpus in a federal court...
...stormwater control in a state constitution does seem rather bizarre. Outside of federal jurisdiction, a state’s constitution is the highest law in the land. When future generations look back upon me and my fellow Missourians, they will see within the constitution our dearest-held beliefs: habeas corpus, religious freedom, due process of law, independent courts, and now a clause “limiting availability of grants and loans to public water and sewer districts only.” Perhaps, in a century, Missouri’s constitution will be known as the Magna Carta of stormwater control...
...Night” is still a far cry from awful, though. Most of the songs are pleasant enough; it’s just that save for a few, nothing stands out. It’s when compared with the rest of Kings of Leon’s corpus that “Night” really falls short. It’s like getting Southern Comfort when you ordered Moonshine—sugary, weak, and not at all what you were hoping for. Other than “Sex on Fire,” there are relatively few songs that...