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The Passion of the Christ has one thing in common with a lot of other movies -- it isn't nearly as good as the Book. But it's still a stunning and incredible masterpiece. Gibson has done a fantastic job of faithfully and artistically depicting the final hours of Jesus' life. His use of numerous, concise flashbacks perfectly puts the movie in context (and in fact provides more context than I expected). His androgynous Satan is an excellent depiction of evil with a disturbingly normal voice (I think I'd been expecting a forked tongue and hissing speech). Despite its excellence,...

Liberal media bias, part IRyan Zempel (archive) December 11, 2003 | Print | Send Few people have done more to highlight the issue of liberal media bias than Bernard Goldberg, author of the bestselling "Bias."  Goldberg has now authored the recently released "Arrogance:  Rescuing America from the Media Elite" in which he offers solutions to the problem of media bias.I interviewed Goldberg recently and will be publishing the interview in three parts during the next several days. Part ITownhall:  Do you think the increasing availability of alternative news sources -- such as cable, talk radio, internet -- has had any...