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Benedict said Islam teaches that God's "will is not bound up with any of our categories, even that of rationality." The risk he sees implicit in this concept of the divine is that the irrationality of violence might thereby appear to be justified to someone who believes it is God's will. The essential question, he said, was this: "Is the conviction that acting unreasonably contradicts God's nature ... always and intrinsically true...
LIVE HERE AND PROSPER Geography, it seems, is destiny--at least when it comes to America's health disparities. Local differences in things like the food people eat and the health care they receive appear to be more important than income in determining how long they live, according to a new study of mortality in the U.S. Some of the news is bleak: the worst-off Americans have a life span in line with that of people who live in Third World countries. The biggest surprise, says the report's author, Dr. Christopher Murray of the Harvard School of Public...
...sort of literal manner. But with this collection he seemed more confident to go his own way. Like Wang, Costa is working in the lightest fabrics, layering them over tank tops and carefully worked athletic-style corsets. But unlike Wang, Costa has a razor-sharp cut that can appear inchoate with the softness of his silhouette. Two sea-foam chiffon short dresses floating over tank tops were standouts...
...that there was no shuttle running on the weekend schedule, as Tempesta had said. As I write this article, I still have no idea whether there will be a shuttle tonight to bring me back to the Yard—or over to a party. Even those in charge appear to be confused—leaving us students no choice but to feel the same. If the Shuttle is to be effective, it must run on a regular, well-publicized schedule during move-in. The obvious solution is to end the summer schedule at the end of the summer. Reva...
...uranium enrichment has been turned into matter of national pride by President Mahmoud Ahmedinajad. His populist appeals on the issue, in fact, have been designed to limit the diplomatic wiggle room available to his superiors and rivals in the Iranian power structure. But like the Europeans, Iran's leaders appear to want to avoid a confrontation whose consequences could be unpredictable, so their domestic message would likely emphasize the temporary nature of any suspension, and the political rewards they would gain for doing...