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Jan 4, 2008

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Good news indeed!

I was asked if I would like to respond to the December 12 Comment symposium "Good news?", based on the Commentary magazine essay, "Crime, Drugs, and Welfare—and Other Good News," written by my colleague Yuval Levin and me. I'm delighted to do so, and will respond in...

Jan 4, 2008

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Something beautiful in Hollywood

Meet Eduardo Verástegui. He's been called the "Brad Pitt of Mexico" and a "Tijuana Tom Cruise." He stars in Bella, a film that garnered number-one rankings since it appeared in U.S. theaters last month—a film that won the Toronto Film Festival in 2006 and is in the...

Dec 14, 2007

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Things I love: clothes

I love shopping as much as the next girl, but my clothes and I have a less amicable relationship. I'd like to think it's because I am so consumed by other loftier pursuits. More likely, I'm a bit weird.My wardrobe and I have a rocky history. I went to a private,...

Nov 30, 2007

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Signs of hope in film and television

The church hasn't quite figured out what to make of Hollywood, have we? We decry the dark side of entertainment: the explicit sexuality and violence, the crass humor, the dehumanizing fascination with idealized celebrities whose fame eats them from the inside. We talk...

Oct 19, 2007

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Hope and uncertainty . . . in Bosnia and beyond

How can people find hope if their lives are shaped by extreme political and economic circumstances? How can a person flourish if the culture that made her values and actions meaningful seems to have been destroyed? How can the idea of the good life and good society be...

Oct 12, 2007

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Signs of hope for the world of business

The recent volatility of the world's stock markets threatens a possible recession due to the sub-prime mortgage panic. Such events warn us not to be too optimistic about the general state of the economy nor too trusting of those who manage the financial future, in...

Oct 5, 2007

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A beginner’s guide to collecting art

In my yet-to-read list is Confessions of an Art Addict, a memoir of the legendary heiress and art collector Peggy Guggenheim. That's right, of the Guggenheim Museum in New York and Bilbao in Spain. What follows, here, is a confessional, but with none of the glamour or...

Sep 28, 2007

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RE: ‘A dangerous and disturbing development’

Last week Comment selected a group of professors, students and colleagues to respond to an article by Dr. Anthony Kronman in the September 16, 2007 Boston Globe called, "Why are we here? Colleges ignore life's biggest questions, and we all pay the price". The...