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vol. 7, num. 11
2008-05-30 — 2008-06-13

It’s easy to look at Britney and decry the destructive power of fame and money, but what about Bono?  And how many of us daydream about winning the lottery or becoming independently wealthy so we can give it all away?  And yet, most people find themselves stuck, by choice or by circumstance, in a more moderate income bracket.  On fame and fortune, scarcity and abundance, ambition and contentment.

columns

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Meredith Kathryn-Case Gipson Hoogendam

Boomerang

Exploring life lessons about public image in an episode of Firefly.

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Do Justice

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feature

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E! True Hollywood Stories: Extreme Philosophical Edition

by Grant Elgersma

An exploration of the ideas underlying our starry-eyed obsessions.

articles

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Fame on film

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

How a medium that is itself engulfed in fame has something to teach us about public people.

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True fame

by Nicole Carlin

On putting our instincts on hold to re-evaluate human worth.

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Consuming toward exile

by Christopher R. Smit

On claiming culpability in the case of the star everyone loves to hate.

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Hemingway in Cubero

by Matthew Landrum

The short tale of a literary stop on a Route 66 road trip.

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Rock Star Fever

by Jason Panella

A proposed cure to a very attractive disease.

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A self in comparison

by Katie Houston

Reflections on ambition, identity, fame, fortune and family.

reviews

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Give me liberty or give me death

by Raymond Blanton

A review of Garth Jennings’ film Son of Rambow.

in case you missed it the first time

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Che's passion

by Ryan Vande Kraats

Despite his flawed methods, one of the most radical 20th century political revolutionaries has a worthwhile lesson for Christians.

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Coming Through Slaughter: The destruction of a man

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

Michael Ondaatje's first novel is a textured, heart-breaking collage of jazz cornetist Buddy Bolden's life and times in New Orleans.

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Art, faith and Warhol

by Adrienne Dengerink Chaplin

A session on the art of Andy Warhol, with an introduction by Dayton Castleman.

weaving the web

Talk of the Nation

Teen stars grow up in spotlight

An NPR audio discussion sparked by the recent Vanity Fair cover photo of Miley Cyrus.

This American Life

Nice Work if You Can Get It

Stories of sudden fame, quick riches and the downside of the dream job.

New York Times Magazine

Exposed

Blogger Emily Gould’s public confession of oversharing and its consequences.

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