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...free-will model of morality you learned in “Justice” lectures. If a recent scientific study is correct, you might be able to sway your entire section to your line of thinking using one simple object: a magnet. But how could a physical object alter our most fundamental beliefs...
Last weekend’s production of “Chronicles,” directed by Charlotte H. Alter ’12 in the Adams Pool Theater, made these questions relevant and resonant. Led by a skilled cast and subtle directing, Heidi’s wanders and wonders were immediate and moving...
Real reform must address these three programs. And it must alter the very structure of the programs, which were created in a time when the U.S. could be certain that the working young would make up a large share of its population. Fortunately, there are three groups in favor of reform: conservative economists, liberal economists, and Republican elected officials. The last group that needs to get on the reform train is Democrats in public office...
...those relationships are likely to be tested in the tussle over a package of wide-ranging constitutional reforms that was due to be introduced to parliament on Friday, whose purpose is to reverse changes made by previous military rulers, trim the power of the presidency, and alter the procedure for Supreme Court appointments. The bill would take Supreme Court appointments out of the hands of the president, who now makes nominations after consulting with the chief justice, and place them before a government legal committee that also includes several justices. Unlike the present system, judges would have to be confirmed...
...position to effectively manage during most crises. The current legislation in the Senate directs regulators to enforce higher capital requirements but without specific capital levels. This policy must be maintained in the final bill with specific requirements, despite almost-certain industry opposition to capital measures that would alter current ways of business...