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July 18th, 2002
You feel for Moses. He walks through the desert for forty years leading his Jewish people to the Promised Land, and in the end, he never gets to live there.
Move the scene a few thousand ...
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June 3rd, 2002
Twenty years ago this past week a 27-year old Chinese-American man and a few of his friends walked into a Detroit bar to celebrate his bachelor party. A few hours later Vincent Chin was dead.
Who ...
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June 2nd, 2002
This Saturday I went back to my old apartment and finished packing my things to move them to my new apartment. Clothes, books, file folders, even an old computer. But there was something, actually someone, ...
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April 28th, 2002
Tangerines and Transformations
Volunteering to teach confirmation classes at my mid-town Los Angeles parish is challenging work. Let's face it, most teens sign up for the two year, twice-a-month program, because it's SUPER important to their parents, while ...
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April 18th, 2002
On one level "Y Tu Mama Tambien" (IFC Films) as directed by Alfonso Cuaron is funny, racy, and sexy with scenes shot on some of Mexico's most beautiful beaches.
The movie is a fantasy tale about ...
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April 5th, 2002
Believe it or not, the other day a few friends and I fanned out in pairs around a tourist spot in Santa Monica, California, and asked people for their opinions on what needed to happen ...
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March 18th, 2002
It's widely recognized that children who grow up in the midst of criticism tend to criticize others. Children raised with violence are at risk for perpetuating violence as adults. And children who grow up with ...
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March 8th, 2002
A Coming-of-Age Tale with Animated Catholic Villains
Catholic high school boys battle adolescent angst while devising pranks against authority figures in the imaginative, entertaining, and heartbreaking film, "The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys" (ThinkFilm).
This adaptation of the late Chris Fuhrman's novel, directed ...
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March 6th, 2002
Moments of extreme fear. We've felt them. Your life is hanging in the balance. And the outcome is anything but certain.
The seconds before your car hits another. Moments before the surgeon administers general anesthesia. Witnessing ...
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February 18th, 2002
Kandahar captures what every U.S. radio, television and print journalist has been trying to make come to life for Americans over the past four months.
If you're like me, you're a kind of numb to all ...
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January 4th, 2002
Like Erin Tribble, I can often get to feeling like prayer is another item on the to do list rather than a way to just be.
I recently heard that Americans are working about 140 hours ...
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