Feb 16, 2011

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Sep 3, 2010

When does morality fall into the realm of heresy? What makes the eastern Orthodox understanding of Sin and Hell "different"?

Nov 11, 2009

While academic debate persists over whether Baum intended the story as a political allegory about the rise of industrial monopolists like John D. Rockefeller and the subsequent populist backlash, there is no doubt that Harburg’s influence made the 1939 film version more political. The film, says Ernie Harburg, is about common people confronting and defeating seemingly insurmountable and violent oppression...