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...night in a tavern Ines (Natalie Portman) decides not to eat the roast pork; it is not a dish she particularly cares for. The next thing she knows she is being tortured by the Inquisition on the grounds that her dietary preference is dictated not by taste but by a secret adherence to Judaism. She is then jailed (for 15 years), impregnated by her chief tormentor, Father Lorenzo (Javier Bardem) and driven mad, largely because her child is taken from...
...What I found myself thinking about, curiously enough, was Les Miserables. Whether you steal some bread or casually decline a slice of pork, in certain situations terrible consequences can ensue from such seeming inconsequences - not to mention a narrative of epic proportions. I'm not saying that Goya's Ghosts is ever going to be regarded as a world-historical masterpiece. But it has grand scale and grand ambitions, and in the midst of our annual silly season at the movies I would like to suggest that, flawed as it is, the film does reward our serious attention...
...their only passable vehicle for a while, Democrats packed the measure with funding for veterans' programs, Katrina recovery, children's healthcare and the first increase in minimum wage in 10 years. When the supplemental was made into law, Republican critics labeled all of the non-war related items pork. When Democrats passed a budget, Republicans called it "the biggest tax increase in U.S. history" even though the resolution didn't increase a single...
...Lucille's customers are Egyptians, who appreciate that she makes a point of not serving alcohol or pork and observing halal meat-slaughtering practices. "I haven't tried burgers in the U.S., but this is the best one in Egypt," Randy Banna, a 25-year-old Cairene, agreed when I leaned over from my table to ask how he liked his cheeseburger. "It's not fast-food, where they cook it fast and you eat it fast. Here it's totally different." The culture clashes at Lucille's tend to be comical: Egyptian customers had a hard time understanding that...
...thing, he is not short on perseverance. In the face of strong opposition from pork-hungry lawmakers, he has repeated the obvious but politically radical notion that you should focus resources and money on cities most at risk of attack. He said it when he started in 2005. Repeated it in 2006. And in 2007, 77% of DHS grants are being doled out using a risk-based formula, up from zero in 2005. Chertoff has also backed off from the color-code hysterics, advocating a less reactive, more strategic approach to security. One of his major efforts...