It can, says a BBC panelist familiar to our readers.… Read the rest
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Mismatch? Growing? Gulf?
Mar 30th, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia BensonCarol Tavris asks a great many skeptical questions of a new book on the gulf between women and men, and whether the cure might be worse than the disease.… Read the rest
Scientific American on DU
Mar 28th, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia BensonIn a careful account, SciAm concludes that DU is somewhat toxic but no more so than other kinds of ammunition.… Read the rest
Depleted Uranium
Mar 28th, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia BensonA January, 2003 report by the World Health Organization on the health effects of DU.… Read the rest
Gulf War Syndrome?
Mar 28th, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia BensonElaine Showalter on an elusive disease or syndrome that generates a lot of scare headlines and not much evidence.… Read the rest
Pompously Fondling his Crucifix
Mar 28th, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThe Bishop versus the Pythons. The Bish couldn’t be bothered to do his homework, and the Pythons were better-behaved.… Read the rest
Affirmative Action and the War
Mar 27th, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia BensonYale Political Scientist Jim Sleeper on the complexities and contradictions of identity politics.… Read the rest
Hans Morgenthau on Killing Civilians
Mar 27th, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia BensonAn excerpt from a book by the late scholar of international relations, on the history of the status of civilians in war.… Read the rest
Fear and Confusion
Mar 27th, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia BensonIt is fear of the Fedayeen Saddam, not nationalism, that is keeping Iraqi civilians on the sidelines, says this reporter.… Read the rest
Eurosneering
Mar 26th, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia BensonCowboys on one side of the pond, castrated girly pacifists on the other.… Read the rest
Sauce for the Goose?
Mar 26th, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia BensonCorrespondents to the Guardian wonder how the US can appeal to the Geneva convention.… Read the rest
Analysis of Impunity Agreements
Mar 26th, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia BensonWhy would a country seek blanket immunity from the international criminal court? … Read the rest
The Awkward Squad Asks Sharper Questions
Mar 26th, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia BensonStaging, spin, starstruck questions from US journalists, rationed information. But then Chinese and Arab journalists may have their own blinders.… Read the rest
Blackburn contra Rorty
Mar 26th, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia BensonIf Truth and Reason are over, what about the maps and timetables you used to get here to say so?… Read the rest
Sectarian Slaughter in Kashmir
Mar 25th, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThe body-count is 24 in the latest chapter of Hindu-Muslim fight over Kashmir.… Read the rest
Exaggeration
Mar 25th, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia BensonBristol’s admissions policies not so very skewed toward state school applicants after all, expert says.… Read the rest
Ignatieff on Empire
Mar 25th, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia BensonMichael Ignatieff on the complications of intervention and nation-building.… Read the rest
Survey Shows Abuse of Teachers
Mar 25th, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia BensonSchool management often makes teachers feel it’s their own fault.… Read the rest
TV Trumps Books
Mar 25th, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia BensonIran was confining, especially for a female teacher, but the students cared about the books.… Read the rest
Consequential versus Deontological Objections
Mar 24th, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘Evaluating risks is not the same as making moral choices.’… Read the rest