November 26, 2012

Jesus and race in America

Anthony Shadid put his life in harm rsquo s way so many times that his death in February 2012 has come to seem foreordained Here was a reporter who made his name in the crosshairs of war in Iraq of course but also in Israel and Lebanon In 2002 he was shot by an Israeli sniper in Ramallah while

Paul Krugman on our "gratuitous" recession

The hard-won art of Ferdinand Hodler

Steven Spielberg's 'Lincoln' is a canonization fer sure, as Abe might say.

Jet-black flyer, wintry clime,

There is an ancient story that depicts a man entering the gates of heaven Once inside he discovers nothing but a place to sit facing a huge wall When he asks his escort St Peter for an explanation Peter says ldquo You have but entered the antechamber of paradise Paradise itself is on the ot