Word: argumentive
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...should be made by the individual, not the state. Some of Perry’s detractors have argued against his order for a different reason, suggesting that the vaccine will reduce perceived risk involved in premarital sex for young people and encourage what they perceive as destructive behavior. This argument is specious and moralistic; the opportunity to quash cervical cancer and other diseases far overrides the puritanical tendencies of a small contingent of the population. While the Texas example represents governmental overreaching, the impetus behind it is admirable. We hope that more states will find the middle ground and follow...
...least, that’s what Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams tell us in “Wikinomics,” the printed result of a nine-million dollar research project on what geeks and business gurus alike call “Web 2.0.” The argument in this interesting but highly redundant book is simple: when we all work together and share, we all win. If that sounds like the same thing that our preschool teachers were telling us on the playground, that’s because it is.But “Wikinomics” encourages...
...workmanlike site, featuring the same photograph of the former undersecretary of defense for policy that the Pentagon used in his official bio before he left in 2005. "The 'Bush lied, people died' argument is not true," he asserts in bold-faced type at the top of his home page. He notes the Feb. 7 release of a Pentagon inspector general's report that has "spawned a lot of inaccurate commentary by politicians and misreporting by journalists...
...unusual study published this month, researchers at Harvard Medical School have claimed that the psychiatric disorder known as dissociative amnesia, or repressed memory, is a “culture-bound syndrome,” and has no scientific basis. Their argument is based on the conclusion that no evidence for the existence of repressed memory exists in literature, fiction or non-fiction, before 1800—while other psychological disorders like epilepsy and schizophrenia have been documented since ancient times. Since the onset of their literary quest over a year ago, the researchers at Harvard-affiliated Mclean hospital have promised...
...This isn’t a college of superheroes but of everyday people. Yet Harvard students are rightfully known for putting themselves on pedestals, which moves us further away from the problems in the world that I believe we have a duty to try and solve. A never-ending argument about who deserves to be here is one of the many ways...