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...shot a pilot for CBS a couple years ago. But you seem to gravitate more toward film and theater. Are you still thinking of doing a TV show...
...guide, entitled A Tale of 7 Cities, is written by academics from the London School of Economics and piles praise on seven European cities for their recovery following the collapse of vital industries toward the end of the 20th century. The cities - Sheffield and Belfast in the U.K., Bremen and Leipzig in Germany, Turin in Italy, Bilbao in Spain, and Saint-Etienne in France - were all industrial behemoths of the 19th century. Belfast and Bremen thrived through shipbuilding. Many of the world's knives, blades and cutlery came from Sheffield. Turin was famous for its car manufacturer Fiat. But from...
Ponnuru suggests that dejected Republicans can revitalize their party by paying attention to the middle class, addressing global warming, making health care affordable and promoting assimilation rather than xenophobia. He proposes, in other words, that Republicans become Democrats or at least move to the center, with an eye toward the 2012 elections. I think the GOP should shoot for 2020. It will take at least that long, probably longer, for Americans to forget the miserable incompetence of the past eight years. Tom Davis, SEATTLE...
There are few posts more powerful than chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, which not only writes tax law but also oversees trade policy and is responsible for the nearly half of the federal budget that goes toward Social Security, Medicare and means-tested entitlements. Complicating the matter for House Democratic leaders is the lack of an obvious successor for Rangel at this time of economic turmoil. The next in line for the post by seniority is California Congressman Pete Stark, one of the most liberal and hotheaded members of Congress. He has been known to challenge other...
...some estimates. Although Zoroastrians are few in number, their faith has influenced Judaism, Christianity and Islam with its teachings of a single deity, a dualistic universe of good versus evil, and a final day of reckoning. The religion professes that humankind is designed to evolve toward perfection, but is complicated by evil forces such as greed, lust and hatred, explains Mehraban Firouzgary, the head priest of the Zoroastrian temple in Tehran. According to Zoroastrians, these evil forces must be challenged proactively by developing a "good mind" that embraces a life of good thoughts, good words and good deeds...