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Letter from Budapest
Murderous cruise missiles crash into factories, office buildings, farm houses, all just across the border in Serbia,…
The Mozart Effect
It can cure backache. And asthma. And obesity, writer’s block, alcoholism, schizophrenia, prejudice, heart disease, drug addiction,…
Exorcising Demons
Sin and Censorship: The Catholic Church and the Motion Picture Industry by frank walsh yale university press,…
Abortion, Set to Music
Sacred Music of the 20th Century LAL-2001, Life Art, Ltd. 129 Frandview Terrace, Box 300, Lakeside, MT…
Lost in the Movies
Last year I saw two truly vile movies, Pulp Fiction and Kids. The first turned my stomach.…
The Death of Superman
The man of steel, the one who routinely saved the planet from the ravages of evil invaders,…
At the Concert
There! He’s one of the first onstage! A less disheveled crowd than usual . . . Under…
Pop Goes the Culture
We made a mistake in a recent public symposium by saying, in response to a question, that…
Do You Believe What You Sing?
Why Catholics Can’t Sing: The Culture of Catholicism and the Triumph of Bad Taste by thomas day…
David Byrne and the Curse of Lifestyle
Lately I’ve been noting an interesting linguistic phenomenon: the all-purpose word. You come across it most often…
Office Plaza, Sunday Morning
The blue garage can be itself again.The cars have gonedown roads no live things dareto run. Machines…
Middle East Apocalypse Now?
Saddam Hussein’s invasion and annexation of Kuwait may have thrown the world economy into confusion, but it…
Scene From a Living Room
In that house of quiet dying, through still sheers that turn the day to gray, only two…
America Through Foreign Eyes
Americans: The View From Abroad by james c. simmons crown, 239 pages, $19.95 A zealous convert once…
Drugs and the Face of Evil
One of the least understood aspects of the drug problem is the degree to which it is…
