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Looking “Up”: Scenes from a marriage in just four minutes
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jmcgee
I was heartened to see that the wonderful Disney/Pixar film “Up” nabbed an Oscar nomination for Best Picture — and deservedly so. Trolling around on YouTube I found this lovely scene from the film, which distills the heart and soul of a long marriage down to just four poignant, bittersweet, silent minutes. Hopes and disappointments,…
New York’s last Catholic hospital, on life support
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jmcgee
A New York City Catholic institution is now in critical condition, on the verge of closing. And the New York Times this morning looks at some of the symptoms of its decline: For more than 150 years, St. Vincent’s Hospital Manhattan was a beacon in Greenwich Village, serving poets, writers, artists, winos, the poor and…
A pro-choice writer plays defense for Tebow
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jmcgee
And does it devastatingly well. This piece on the Tim Tebow pro-life Super Bowl ad speaks for itself: I’m pro-choice, and Tebow clearly is not. But based on what I’ve heard in the past week, I’ll take his side against the group-think, elitism and condescension of the “National Organization of Fewer and Fewer Women All…
Go to hell? Not during the Super Bowl
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jmcgee
CBS has given the thumbs down to another ad, for an electronic game called “Dante’s Inferno.” You can see the ad, below.
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