Word: behavior
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...hurricanes [Oct. 3]. The debate seems to focus on whether we have enough evidence that pollution is causing climate change to justify taking steps to reduce greenhouse gases. That standard is too high when the world is facing what might be catastrophic consequences. Even the possibility that human behavior is changing our climate should compel action. American attitudes toward environmental pollution are like our attitudes toward food: we keep shoving pollutants into the atmosphere with the same abandon that we shove junk food into our mouths, even though we know the results will probably be serious...
...that my second daughter was going to have a baby. She came over to our house and she wanted to watch “Ace Ventura.” I said sure, so we got it and watched it. I did not consider that to be bizarre behavior...
...spare you the details.)Yet crazy living seems to be what college is all about. Despite the heartburn from unhealthy midnight snacks and the hassles of shutting out the day’s most intense sunlight so we can sleep until 2 p.m., we are reluctant to change our behavior. “College time” is such a potent force that it makes the transition between the East and West coasts pale in comparison. After all, three hours is only about how long it takes freshmen girls to play a single game of beer pong (which they shouldn?...
...homosexuals entering the seminary [Oct. 3]. The Pope may be intent on a "thorough cleaning up of the priesthood." But given the Roman Catholic Church's history of sexual abuse of children by the clergy, why has it taken so long to act? Can it be that aberrant behavior is finally costing the church big money...
...with Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad [Sept. 26]: In discussing the hostage crisis at the U.S. embassy in Tehran more than 25 years ago, he said, "Sometimes, in order to gain your rights, you have to do certain things." That sounds as if he would condone any type of behavior if it achieved political goals. But then, in answer to a question about Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi's call for violence against Shi'ites in Iraq, Ahmadinejad said, "Any decision that leads to the killing of innocents is something that we reject." Comparing Ahmadinejad's answer about rejecting...