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Just Admit It

Splice Today 

Even when the presidential candidates are more normal and sane than the current pair, the televised debates between them tend to veer in a nerve-wracking fashion between “gotcha” attack lines, evasive self-defense, and vague platitudes about a vision for the future the details of which will have to be discussed later. Given how skeptical and exhausted by it all American audiences purportedly are, though, maybe a confessional tone would better serve most candidates.

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Pakistan: Karachi residents protest against power outage by blocking roads

BigNewsNetwork.com 

Karachi [Pakistan], September 11 (ANI): Thousands of commuters and motorists were caught in traffic jams on major thoroughfares as residents of Punjab Colony and Gizri area in Karachi, held protests against ongoing power outages by blocking both lanes of the main road leading to Boat Basin and Sunset Boulevard, Pakistan-based Dawn reported. Speaking to Dawn, DIG-South Syed Asad Raza said that the residents blocked the mai

Lord of the Alley

Splice Today 

I’d gone past Claremont Terrace thousands of times without giving it a second thought about what it was. It’s an alley that’s hidden along another dead end in the heart of Elmhurst, one of Queens’ busiest, most populated and diverse neighborhoods. I’d pass it, though, on the Long Island Rail Road on my way from Flushing to Penn Station, since its last remaining mansion, in a decayed, ravaged condition, was visible along the tracks. Claremont Terrace’s origins lie in American immigration, and a... Читать дальше...

Ernest Becker's Vital Lie

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The message of the Book of Ecclesiastes is everything we do is pointless. It doesn’t matter if we’re kind or unkind, honest or deceitful, pursue wisdom or folly, or pursue nothing at all. “All is vanity and chasing after wind,” states Ecclesiastes. He leaves only one path for meaning, salvation, and peace of mind: faith in God. But this is a hard pill to swallow for a great many modern westerners, a fact that Ernest Becker understood and grappled with in his 1973 book, The Denial of Death, which... Читать дальше...

Saulnier's Triumph

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Rebel Ridge, the new movie from Jeremy Saulnier that debuted on Netflix last weekend, isn’t likely to win many representation awards from the Fraternal Order of Police. It depicts cops as amoral, corrupt scum eager to rob people blind via civil asset forfeiture. While it has elements of militant anti-cop fervor and the attitudes that inspired the original First Blood, this film’s neither didactic nor an agenda-first political screed. It’s inventive, focused on storytelling first and featuring a half-dozen dynamite set pieces. Читать дальше...