Illuminati: Pet Villains Strike Again In 'Demons'

National Public Radio
Morning Edition
May 14, 2009

When in Rome: Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) races to stop the Illuminati from destroying the church in the movie version of Dan Brown's thriller Angels & Demons.

Happy Serf Liberation Day!

By Stephen T. Asma
May 4, 2009
In These Times

How should we celebrate “Serf Liberation Day,” the new holiday invented by Beijing to mark the 50th anniversary of the takeover of Tibet? Waving flags? Serving chips and dip? Razing a few Buddhist temples? Collectivizing property?

China’s latest, clumsy bit of propaganda hopes to counteract the inevitable commemoration of the exile of the Dalai Lama. The new Chinese holiday seems even weirder, since no one in the West has used the word “serf” with a straight face in about 100 years.