Some critics may fret that the look-something-alike actors could mislead unsuspecting viewers into thinking they’re watching the actual trial. Not likely. A ““re-enactment’’ logo is always visible, and, compared with the real players in this gripping case, the E! actors are pretty much deadwood.
Still, this was not what was so remarkable about him. What was remarkable was his brass. For far from ever conceding error, he would simply begin each new (wholly revised) explanation, ““As I predicted eight months ago when Shalimpski ousted Schmazinski . . .’’ and then go on to rewrite in every detail what he had predicted at the time. In the same article, he would, as well, render yet another ringing forecast of things to come, which would, of course, itself need to be revised after the next Politburo shakeup....
Berlin, 1989? Try Cyprus, 2003. Since April, when the government of Turkish Cyprus opened its borders, more than half a million Cypriots from both sides of the divided island have crossed over to see how the other half lives. Turkish Cyprus’s fiercely nationalist president, the 79-year-old Rauf Denktash, hoped the move would defuse popular anger at the breakdown of U.N.-sponsored talks to reunify the island and strengthen support for his policy of independence....
Da Silva was supposed to be a success story–part of what President Fernando Henrique Cardoso calls a “veritable peaceful revolution in the countryside.” In one of the most ambitious land-reform programs ever, Brasilia has parceled out 18 million hectares to 542,000 families (nearly 2 million people). Since 1995 Cardoso has settled more people on more land than all the monarchs, populists and generals in Brazil’s 500-year history. The rapid spread of settlements has given homes to the homeless and restored a modicum of justice and peace in places known for neither....
Reprehensibly, chief restorer Gianluigi Colalucci doesn’t give the scale of the photos in his notes on the plates. Some details, says Knopf editor Susan Ralston, are shown in actual size, but which ones? Still, you get God, beard and all, plus selected saints, all in brighter-than-Marvel Comics color. What do you want for a grand?
Well, will wonders never cease? The jury ruled properly, and the riots anticipated by many did not materialize—unless you count the dumpster fires of rhetoric that spread through the halls of a media that had largely rooted for a conviction from the beginning. Based on the narrative of a large percentage of what now passes as “reporting,” Kyle Rittenhouse was a malicious young white supremacist thug who violated gun laws to carry out his sinister wish to infiltrate a peaceful protest with the hopes of killing black people....
The Iraqi forces are, as Desert Storm commander Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf put it last week, “on the verge of collapse.” Only Saddam Hussein seems not to know this. It’s hard to be in contact with reality from the bottom of a bunker. Particularly when you have a habit of being wrong. He was wrong to take on an eight-year fight with Iran, and wrong to think the United States was a paper tiger that would prove unwilling to fight over his invasion of Kuwait....
Now the U.S. Supreme Court will decide. Last week the justices agreed to hear the case next spring. By doing so, they’re once again confronting the toughest of contradictions in the Constitution. In one breath, the First Amendment prohibits the “establishment of religion”; in the very next, that amendment guarantees religion’s “free exercise.” That’s it: two opposite promises, which is a formula for doctrinal gridlock. The high-wire act required is worthy of the Wallendas: the more that government leans to one side to buttress one guarantee, the less it supports the other equally important one....
On Sunday The New York Times gave former Baghdad bureau chief John F. Burns a few column inches to give his take on where the war has taken us. Burns penned this article at the war’s outset which I’ve always considered to be an amazing piece of journalism. For Sunday’s article, Burns, who spent five years in Iraq, reflects on his position as a journalist covering the war; and on the larger meaning for both the U....
His impact on the World Series champion Atlanta Braves was undeniable, and it wasn’t just the pregame fungo routine that helped his infielders fine-tune their preparation every single day or his work as the third-base coach. No, the impact goes much deeper than that. Manager Brian Snitker has long been an even-keeled, keep-your-cards-hidden constant for Atlanta, a personality trait that was especially important as his ball club tried to keep its head above water during the turbulent first half of the 2021 season....
New York is the latest stop on a tour that has taken the saint known as the “Little Flower of Jesus” across 14 countries on three continents. Roman Catholics can’t remember anything quite like it. In Parana, Argentina, this year, 30,000 people showed up to venerate Saint Therese’s relics. In 1997, 40,000 packed a soccer stadium in Brazil. On Oct. 17, nearly 15,000 people paid their respects at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan....
The answer, according to senior Bush aides, is quite a lot. Take the idea of a “surge,” for instance. The much-debated escalation suggests a lot of troops moving quickly to Iraq. Yet two senior White House officials, who declined to be named discussing sensitive policy matters in advance of the speech, tell NEWSWEEK that the president’s approach will be far more cautious. The White House expects all the new troops to be deployed in Iraq....
In Verywell Health’s latest vaccine sentiment survey, it’s clear that people still need information about vaccine safety and side effects, and that assurance needs to come from healthcare professionals. Generally, we haven’t seen a change in how people feel about taking the vaccine since our last survey in December. There’s a clear desire from many to get their dose as quickly as possible, especially if they know a vaccinated person....
In the third quarter, however, Dillon was knocked out of the game when he was shaken up on a hit from Jalen Ramsey and Bobby Wagner, giving Aaron Jones an opportunity step back in for Green Bay. The Packers later confirmed Dillon was being evaluated for a concussion. MORE: Rams vs. Packers live score, updates, highlights Dillon did not return to the game, but there was good news Tuesday regarding his status moving forward....
McDermott, who was the No. 11 pick in the 2014 NBA draft and the Consensus Player of the Year at Creighton last season, fired back with typical good humor. I’m not sure that McDermott really gets that calling Brooks “Ron” isn’t much of a dig, since it is at least part of his actual name. The key here is probably just to stay on Brooks’ good side.
