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Yes, the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal is generally an intellectual black hole. (Check that metaphor: Can a black hole be shallow? After all, doesn't it, too, instantly narrow to a single teeny point?) But this piece by…
This letter from Leland McInnes eloquently sums up so many of the issues I keep returning to in Scanners (recently in regard to "United 93," "The Da Vinci Code," "An Inconvenient Truth") -- because, well, I'm obsessed with their vital…
In keeping with our post-"Da Vinci Code" biblical theme: Link to YouTube.com (tip: MCN)
Ebert takes the stage at the Overlooked Film Festival. Roger Ebert, who has been under treatment for slow-growing, non-life-threatening tumors on his thyroid and salivary glands for some years, will be having another surgery in June. Roger's energy level has…
From Joe Killin, Lakeland, FL: I am a nineteen year old college student in Lakeland, Florida, I am a self-proclaimed thinker, and more often than not, I am a fool. I was originally homeschooled as a child by -- of…
Hugh Laurie as Dr. House. His mind is his temple, his body is his house. "Two TV icons are demoted to the big screen." That's the headline over Christopher Orr's piece in The New Republic about the careers of Jennifer…
From Nathan Marone, Chicago, IL: I am an evangelical Christian from Chicago. I've been very interested in your blogs concerning "The Da Vinci Code" (naturally). Much of what you say is true. There are many Christians who don't really read…
Without greenhouse gasses, cute little girls and weeds would be impossible. I am a big fan of absurdist advertising campaigns. My all-time favorite is still Monsanto's astonishingly brilliant '60s slogan: "Without chemicals, life itself would be impossible." The delicious disingenuousness…
From Sam Vicchrilli, Salt Lake City, UT: As much as I typically despise letters to the editor, I would like to write a few words to you about your blog on "The Da Vinci Code." I have not read Brown's…