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...hardly the most dignified aspect of human behavior, but spreading rumors and hoaxes and sowing conspiracy theories are common responses to calamity. When Hurricane Andrew hit Miami in 1992, there were tales of stockpiled bodies hidden by the government to prevent public hysteria. After the Challenger explosion, people swore they had seen crew members leave the space shuttle before takeoff. We are currently seized by the same phenomenon but of an unprecedented order of magnitude. "People are looking for certainty, and they don't care where they get it," says Gary Fine, a sociology professor at Northwestern University who specializes...
DAVID VAN BIEMA is TIME's religion writer and has been exploring the religious aspect of this story, writing about everything from the spiritual beliefs of the terrorists to the reasons for increased church attendance in the U.S. Chat with him on Thursday, 8 p.m. E.T., Keyword: Live...
Illingworth refused to comment on any aspect of the meeting...
That first show was called “An Evening With Champions,” and the organization that has grown up around that name and memory has become an aspect of life in Eliot House that’s almost taken for granted today. Linette Lee ’02, this year’s executive manager of Evening With Champions (EWC) this year, flatly states that it is “the Eliot activity...
...wounded country's political future. Remaking Afghanistan may yet turn out to be the mother of all "nation-building" exercises - a form of intervention that sends chills through Washington's national security circles. But as complex and daunting as the challenge may be, it may also be an unavoidable aspect of "draining the swamp" that has nurtured Al Qaida's global terrorist enterprise...