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The screenplay for “Remembering Hypatia,” co-authored with writer/director Marty Lang, has just won Honorable Mention in the 76th Annual Writer’s Digest Competition. The screenplay faithfully translates the novel into a form fit for the silver screen. But which actress should play Hypatia?

During my book tour, I was assailed by fans demanding that Nicole Kidman, Keira Knightly, Diane Lane, Angelina Jolie, or Cate Blanchette play the doomed philosopher.
I’d love to hear your feedback.

On October 11, a letter from the global Muslim community was sent to numerous Christian leaders. In-process for more than three years, it boasts 138 signatures from every branch of Islam in multiple countries, and purports to talk of peace…

But does everyone want peace? In a word, no.

http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=41421

The following is a true story in two episodes, occurring some two weeks apart, with no formal relation to each other aside from the stunning light it shines on partisan “thinking”…

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Fundamentalists seek the transformation of America into Iran. They have openly stated their thirst for total dominion, that laws should be based on the Bible, which is the most grotesque document of “morality” ever championed in western history…

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The 2003 looting of the National Museum of Iraq, done in the wake of the U.S. invasion, matters…

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The extremists will never be satisfied of course. but they have no business at this table anyway. Their next sip of icy cold Koolaid is being served up by the White House chefs, as the concept of “We the People” is burned quietly in the background…

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Make no mistake that those in power are keenly aware of how easy you are to manipulate. They flash the lightning and you cower. They feed you a steady diet of feel-good platitudes because they know the real meal - reading the Constitution - is something you won’t bother to stomach…

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Multiculturalism does indeed have a present and future, if implemented in accord with sound secular-humanistic principles (despite the rabid foaming of Bill O’Reilly.) But the jihadist and fundamentalist (of any faith) does not fall underneath that banner. It falls, and should ultimately be crushed, under the wheels of progressive civilization…

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Yesterday’s burnings required at least 451 degrees. Tomorrow’s censorship will be done not with torches, but with a search-and-replace command…

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A Temple to Zeus is perfectly American. It’s not only allowable, but would showcase that powerful liberty which Americans acknowledge: Religious freedom. Within every U.S. city, a citizen is entitled by First Amendment rights to select whatever house of worship he or she pleases…

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