Tuesday, August 28, 2007

WEEK IN REVIEW

Highlights from Harper's Weekly Review

[Titles added.]

HOLY JURIS DOCTOR, BATMAN!
Patrick Leahy, the 67-year old Democratic senator from Vermont who as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee is pressing the Bush Administration to turn over documents relating to its warrantless wiretapping program, revealed that he has a small part in the upcoming Batman movie, and that he had to let his remaining hair grow out for the role.

GET YOUR FLAGS READY...
Melting ice in the Arctic revealed previously unknown islands that have yet to be claimed.

YOU MEAN PEOPLE MAGAZINE DOESN'T COUNT?
Studies in the U.S. showed that one in four adults read no books last year.

HAVE YOU TRIED E-BAY?
After waiting 55 years for a Purple Heart, Nyles Reed, a 75-year-old Korean War veteran and former Marine, received a form letter from Navy Personnel Command saying the medal was out of stock and suggesting that he buy his own.

ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, TERESA
Previously unpublished letters by Mother Teresa revealed that beginning in 1948 and continuing until the end of her life in 1997 she was unable to sense the presence of God. "Repulsed--empty--no faith--no love--no zeal," she wrote. "Heaven means nothing."

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