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...many of us, clergy are??inextricably linked to religious teachings. But Rabbi Sherwin Wine, who in 1963 founded Humanistic Judaism, insisted that by studying Jewish history, culture and ethics, one could be moral and Jewish without believing in God. Wine's movement, lambasted as a fad by some Jewish leaders, is still strong, with 40,000 followers. He was killed in a taxi crash while on vacation in Morocco...
...high gas prices we are paying are??due not only to the increased demand by drivers but also to that by the plastics industry for crude oil. When we rein in our use of plastic, we will stop shooting ourselves in the foot at the gas pump...
College presidents are??disingenuous when they maintain that failure to participate in the U.S. News & World Report survey would put them at a disadvantage in recruiting the best students [April 2]. They could effectively circumvent the ratings list by agreeing to measure only what students have actually learned during the school year. But this would require the use of assessment tools that run the risk of exposing their frequently unwarranted educational claims...
Seated in a nondescript office in Hong Kong, 1,500 workers are??turning the wheels of the global economy. Without leaving their desks, these merchandisers at Hong Kong--based trading outfit Li & Fung connect the far-flung dots of today's international manufacturing system. They make sure that Victoria's Secret gets its bras, American Eagle Outfitters its T shirts and Disney its stuffed Winnie the Poohs. One moment, workers in Hong Kong are haggling with fabricmakers for the best price of denim, and the next, they're ensuring that a shipment of teddy bears gets to U.S. stores...
...Haditha reports are??true, there can be no excuse. Not stress. Not anger. Not frustration. But this incident raises more disturbing questions. Have there been other such incidents? Does it indicate progressive decay in the standards of discipline in our forces? On top of Abu Ghraib, what moral authority do our forces retain? Can we recover our standing in the eyes of the Iraqis? And what will the ramifications of this incident be for U.S. power worldwide...