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...missionary—or an atheist.Parochial Paradox Back in the basement of Memorial Church, Epstein embodies such contradictions. His position is paradoxical: he is a chaplain without a church, a Divinity student without a religion. His friend Rodriguez hesitates to define his beliefs. The HSS students avoid abstract terms in their discussions of atheism, preferring phrases like “empirical evidence” and “scientific method” to explain their views. But “faith” is not a word Epstein avoids.“I think Humanists are profound believers...
...President finds himself in an exceedingly odd position for a post-Reagan Republican. He is acting like a Democrat, standing for abstract principles and high-minded long-term projects in the face of a public demanding easy answers and immediate results. His Middle East-democracy campaign is Wilsonian. His support for the Dubai ports deal is reminiscent of Jimmy Carter's support for relinquishing control of the Panama Canal-difficult to explain politically but in the nation's best long-term interests. Does anyone actually believe that the management suits in Dubai would run those ports any differently from...
...When Democrats succeed at being high-minded-as Bill Clinton did when he bet the future of his Administration on the abstract principle of fiscal responsibility-they do so only because they pay close attention to the realities of governance. Bush has been notoriously bad at that. His Administration has not only been arrogant and secretive toward the Democrats and the press; it has also demanded reflexive loyalty from Republicans on some very difficult issues without adequately explaining its case. "The media are wondering what ever happened to the Bushies' political antennae," a prominent Republican told me. "They...
...afraid of imprisonment, as evidenced by her antipathy for the life of the nuns. She is afraid of abstract sermons or classical music. She spends her money on multicolored skirts and jazz records. At one point, she becomes so fed up with the dreary abstemious existence at Imber that she returns to London...
...saying that abstract thought is the best—women are much closer to reality,” he said, adding that a great thinker combines both abstract and realistic thought...