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...Sequels flourish especially in conservative times, when audiences are in retreat from the shock of the new. Which is why you could place a small bet on a Bush re-election; voters may choose the sequel to a wild ride over a four-year courtship with Kerry and Edwards. But if this is so, how to explain the surprise-hit status of Fahrenheit 9/11? Simple. It too is a sequel: the latest in the continuing adventures of Michael Moore, populist rebel with a cause. Remember Bowling for Columbine, kids, when Mike confronted the gun lobby and vanquished an aged Charlton...
...PandaMonium I was glad to learn that there are more giant pandas in the wild than previously thought [June 21]. But I was disappointed by the lead sentence in your item, which noted, "China's environmental policies are rarely worth celebrating." China has signed a number of international animal-protection treaties, and more environmental-protection laws are being created in that country. Although it is true that China has pollution problems, it is unfair to denigrate the nation's environmental policies with such blanket criticism. Frank Yuan Swansea, England...
Adventurer GUY PEARCE returns two mistreated tigers to the wild in an animal-rights fable from the director of 1988's The Bear. Finally, a film PETA families can enjoy together...
...Some will laugh. This President is known for speaking clearly only intermittently. But he was pellucid at that moment-indeed, he was firm, formidable and just about gleeful throughout the speech-and the crowd went wild. It was undoubtedly George Bush's fantasy of what the fall campaign will be like, and he may be right. The President will speak what appear to be simple truths (which will often be shameless oversimplifications of serious policy matters). John Kerry will struggle through tortured complexities, like his explanation of his various positions on the $87 billion: he wanted the appropriation...
...exhibit of next-generation design stars, Denmark's Anne Bannick and Lene Vad Jensen displayed cutlery made from corn. Another wild idea: Eric Bergman's sandals with seeds for soil-cleaning plants buried in the soles. Now that's back to nature...