Opinion: Left-rail roundup: Jacques shock; box office bucks up; schism break

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Folly and faux pas: Between political gaffes, the French talk a good game—but words in wartime are cheap.

Why is movie attendance up? Maybe because there are more movies that suck less.

The pope and the eastern church: Benedict XVI must mend fences with Orthodox Christians as well as Muslims.