Elaine Showalter on an elusive disease or syndrome that generates a lot of scare headlines and not much evidence.… Read the rest
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Pompously Fondling his Crucifix 
Mar 28th, 2003 |
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The 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 |
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Yale Political Scientist Jim Sleeper on the complexities and contradictions of identity politics.… Read the rest
Hans Morgenthau on Killing Civilians
Mar 27th, 2003 |
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An 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 |
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It 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 |
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Cowboys on one side of the pond, castrated girly pacifists on the other.… Read the rest
Sauce for the Goose?
Mar 26th, 2003 |
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Correspondents to the Guardian wonder how the US can appeal to the Geneva convention.… Read the rest
Analysis of Impunity Agreements
Mar 26th, 2003 |
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Why would a country seek blanket immunity from the international criminal court? … Read the rest
The Awkward Squad Asks Sharper Questions
Mar 26th, 2003 |
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Staging, 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 |
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If 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 |
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The body-count is 24 in the latest chapter of Hindu-Muslim fight over Kashmir.… Read the rest
Exaggeration
Mar 25th, 2003 |
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Bristol’s admissions policies not so very skewed toward state school applicants after all, expert says.… Read the rest
Ignatieff on Empire
Mar 25th, 2003 |
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Michael Ignatieff on the complications of intervention and nation-building.… Read the rest
Survey Shows Abuse of Teachers
Mar 25th, 2003 |
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School management often makes teachers feel it’s their own fault.… Read the rest
TV Trumps Books
Mar 25th, 2003 |
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Iran was confining, especially for a female teacher, but the students cared about the books.… Read the rest
Consequential versus Deontological Objections
Mar 24th, 2003 |
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‘Evaluating risks is not the same as making moral choices.’… Read the rest
Competing Studies
Mar 24th, 2003 |
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One study finds affirmative action helps education, another doesn’t.… Read the rest
Free Will or Free Won’t?
Mar 24th, 2003 |
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David Barash reviews Freedom Evolves.… Read the rest
Maybe a Lottery Would be Better?
Mar 23rd, 2003 10:08 pm | By Ophelia BensonRichard Dawkins likes to outrage people. He’s not the only person in the world who likes to do that, in fact it’s just barely possible that there are one or two people connected with Butterflies and Wheels who don’t mind irritating. However that may be, Dawkins has done it again.
… Read the restEvil is not an entity, not a spirit, not a force to be opposed and subdued. Evil is a miscellaneous collection of nasty things that nasty people do. There are nasty people in every country, stupid people, insane people, people who should never be allowed to get anywhere near power. Just killing nasty people doesn’t help: they will be replaced. We must try to tailor our institutions, our constitutions, our
Geneticists and the Deity
Mar 23rd, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
So if this God knew about cystic fibrosis, why keep it a secret? And who defines ‘respectable theologians’?… Read the rest
