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...Many of my friends have stopped reading about the tragedy, or are trying to keep it at arm's length. I'm still reading everything I can about it. I'm not sure why. I don't find Barry Bonds' quest for the homerun record diverting in the least, and that's not (just) because it?s Barry Bonds. I didn't watch any football over the weekend, and since the good folks here at Time.com aren't forcing me to do my Monday morning sports gig here, but are giving me dispensation to write these occasional updates on life...
...absurd. If anything, the likes of Captain America and Superman can become more relevant during nationalist crises. After the start of World War II audiences couldn't get enough of seeing Hitler and Tojo's minions take it in the mush courtesy of Cap and Supes. Depending on the length and intensity of the coming "War on Terrorism," don't be surprised to see our fantasy heroes called back into service...
...blood," he declares. He says his increased commitment to Islam makes him feel more at peace, more comfortable with the world: "Money and materialistic things can't give people a feeling of peace." And so father and sons take holidays from work and travel the length and breadth of the country, preaching God's word wherever the movement assigns them to go. They stay in mosques and try to attract more followers. And the followers come in droves. The annual Tableeghi Jamaat convention in Karachi attracts more than half a million people...
...Rock and Roll McDonalds” and “Cut That Mullet” easily sold out T.T. the Bear’s on Friday, Sept. 14. Willis is, by any reasonable measure of musical talent, completely talentless. The songs—all of approximately the same length and same musical infrastructure, consist of strung-together expletives and choruses that explore the very margins of harmonic dissonance...
...innocents, the interrogation is unsettling. It entails a violation of privacy that most Americans would find objectionable. Beyond that, the system requires a degree of ethnic profiling that would be viewed here as bigoted. Even with the moderate traffic at Ben Gurion, the Israelis can't grill everyone at length. So Israeli Jews get only pro forma questions like "Who packed your bag?" Foreign Jews get a relatively light going over. Foreign Gentiles get half an hour or so. And Arabs, including Arab citizens of Israel, get a full inquisition...