I understand why some filmmakers make changes when they make a movie out of a novel. The two art forms are different. The movie version of Voyage of the Dawn Treader added some plot elements–the green mist, the seven swords–but, as my wife said, they
Kathleen Parker, writing about diplomatic fallout from the Wikileak documents, includes a poignant reaction: Writing for the center-right Le Figaro, French journalist Renaud Girard said: “What is most fascinating is that we see no cynicism in U.S. diplomacy. They really believe in human rights in
I was greatly disappointed with the movie version of Prince Caspian, and I feared the treatment of Voyage of the Dawn Treader would be more of the same, playing down the Christian themes in favor of Hollywood blockbuster cliches. I had heard from people who
Used to, college graduates went to church less than the moderately educated. For some reason, though, this has changed. Along with church-going, higher education is also associated now with stronger families. In the 1970s, the moderately educated — blue-collar, working-class Americans with high school diplomas
On the President’s concessions on the Bush tax cuts: Although his liberal supporters are furious about the decision, President Obama’s willingness to extend all of the George W. Bush-era tax cuts is part of what White House officials say is a deliberate strategy: to demonstrate
A 16-year-old boy in the Netherlands was arrested for bringing down the MasterCard and Visa websites in retaliation for their refusing to process payments for Wikileaks. More young hackers are promising more attacks. In the meantime, British university students have been rioting in protest of
For those who even celebrate Advent these days, it has become the season to lead up to Christmas. As such, it’s happy and anticipatory. It used to be a sober time of penitence, like Lent. And the four Sundays of Advent, with its four candles
World editor Mindy Belz raises a good question about U.S. policy in Iraq: Three years ago I attended a meeting outside Washington with a NATO adviser recently returned from briefings with commanders of the war in Iraq. The question had been posed to them: If
In support of Wikileaks, an army of hackers has declared war. Their first battle is to attack Mastercard and Visa. Hackers have declared an Internet war in support of WikiLeaks, with groups of anonymous attackers disabling major credit card websites in retaliation for denying service
Thanks to tODD for figuring out how to get into the spam filter to keep it from blocking the word “socialist.” The filter keeps a list of words to flag that usually are associated with spam. All that had to be done was to delete
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