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Denver author Josiah Hesse was raised by Evangelical parents in churches that believe in the torments of hell, that their poverty is due to their sinfulness and lack of faith.—
Sandra Dallas,
Denver Post,
1 Feb. 2026 -
This lawless crew shares dramaturgical DNA with the vice figures from medieval morality plays, personifications of sinfulness who would confide their schemes to the audience and make theatergoers their co-conspirators in a riveting game that obviously left its mark on a young Shakespeare.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2026
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Rather than adjudicating guilt, the filmmakers opted to leave the question of truth open to viewers.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
21 June 2026
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But moral injury, formidable as the idea is, doesn’t apply to Odysseus, who suffers from neither shame nor guilt.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
21 June 2026
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The information, which Daniel was hired to protect but now wants to disclose, is footage providing conclusive evidence of the arrival of aliens on Earth, in 1947, and of a seventy-nine-year coverup, with government complicity, by a company called WARDEX, headed by Noah Scanlon (Colin Firth).—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
16 June 2026
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And in 2024, a Paris court sentenced three high-ranking Syrian officials in absentia to life in prison for complicity in war crimes.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 June 2026
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An assist, a breathtaking last-gasp clearance, and some culpability in the Canadian equalizer.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
12 June 2026
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Then, during the criminal proceedings, he was diagnosed with a rare neurological condition, leaving his culpability in doubt.—
Hannah Jocelyn,
New Yorker,
11 June 2026
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“Guiltiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guiltiness. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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