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...movies always have a place for at least one causeless rebel whose choler is both enigmatic and unappeasable. Maybe, at 43, Penn has learned to speak politely in public. But it's one of our great guilty pleasures to watch him surface those terrible emotions we all feel but dare not share. --By Richard Schickel
...deficiencies; any film with two of the elements gets at least three and a half stars, even if it’s short on the third element (usually plot). Hence, poor Roger spends his days showering praise on dragging, decently acted message movies like Monster and The Insider (and, dare I say, Lost in Translation and Y Tu Mamá También), turning their lack of momentum into a virtue with a line like “this movie is reminiscent of a great novel”–—faint praise, given that...
Hillary Clinton’s Medicare/Medicaid debacle taught the Right that stigmatizing pays political dividends. Try looking for any mention of single-payer health insurance in Kerry’s platform—it’s like hunting for WMD in Baghdad. Gore didn’t dare touch it in 2000. President Clinton himself dropped the subject after 1994, when his wife’s plan went down in flames. Ever since, the Right has cowed Democrats on the issue by labeling any single-payer proposal as “Hillarycare” or “socialized...
Beyond the horse-race, the survey illustrates deeper trends, which highlight a strong sense of social justice among today’s college students. College students are more progressive (dare I say liberal?) than their parents. In fact, 44 percent of college students described themselves as liberal on the survey (compared to 30 percent conservative), which should frighten all Republicans currently using “liberal” as a substitute for a four-letter word. Specifically, college students reject the Bush administration’s divisive social agenda. About 60 percent of those surveyed said they do not believe...
...Harvard Radcliffe Dance Company’s (HRDC) “Collaborations” Spring Concert of Modern Dance presented this past weekend in the Adams Pool Theater lacked neither boldness nor creativity. But like all ventures that dare to be experimental, some succeed while others fall by the wayside. The HRDC’s performance was a collection of seven short works, all choreographed by different people, most of whom were dancers, and set to a variety of music...