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...universe is amoral. It is an endless series of creative and destructive processes. As creatures of the universe, we are immutably subject to its ways and thus have the capacity to brutalize and destroy as well as create and protect. James M. Ridgway Jr., Tucson, Arizona...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 12/6/2007 | See Source »

...universe is amoral. It is an endless series of creative and destructive processes. As creatures of the universe, we are immutably subject to its ways and thus have the capacity to brutalize and destroy as well as create and protect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 12/6/2007 | See Source »

...that today. Afghanistan, which signed the treaty in 2002, has seen cases more than halved from 2000 in 2001 to 796 last year. Still, the stories of Helal, Mansoor and Karami reveal a reality that no treaty can erase. "Mines don't just cut off legs," says Mansoor, "they destroy the soul. If someone loses a limb, we can replace it. But we can't repair the soul...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Decade of De-mining | 12/4/2007 | See Source »

...Lampoon has a long-standing animosity toward trees in front of the Castle. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, there were several failed attempts to destroy a tree outside the building...

Author: By and Rachel A. Stark, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: More Trees Near ’Poon Vandalized | 11/30/2007 | See Source »

...This is especially true in the Republican Party. John McCain, the sponsor of immigration-reform legislation, has been a target. During a recent town-hall meeting in Hopkinton, N.H., a heavily muscled young man with closely cropped hair began to shout about "open borders" as the issue "that will destroy this country ... You can't imagine the amount of anger your average European Christian American feels about the multicultural tower of Babel." He raised the possibility of "civil war." McCain usually turns warrior when confronted with such blatant racism, but sensing the heat in the room, he held his fire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Immigration: The Hottest Issue | 11/28/2007 | See Source »

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