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...opening of an e-mail address (benedictXVI@vatican.va) signals a renewed desire of the Catholic Church to get in touch with young tech-savvy Christians. The bounds of such an endeavor seem limitless with the wonders of the Internet. Secure confession chat rooms would be just a start. Five “Hail Marys” would be considerably easier with cut-and-paste, but these sorts of wrinkles can be ironed out. The big challenge is going to be giving communion online. Once again, I think that the collective imagination of the Vatican can overcome these kinds of metaphysical...
Admittedly, this technique of protesting is new and radical for Harvard, particularly Harvard post-Living Wage sit-in. But the concept of a political endeavor that has a direct effect and also uses creativity should be praised, honed to perfection, and used again...
...promotion, West Point invites skepticism, if not ridicule. Yet there is no denying that the institution still succeeds in training officers who are educated about both the world and its wars, and are proud of their vocation. Perhaps most important, today as in the past, is that its graduates endeavor to live the West Point motto, no small feat in a nation often racked with doubts about its military duties and responsibilities. "We really believed in 'Duty-Honor-Country,' " says retired Colonel John Wheeler Jr., class of '42, "and we still do. The place gets hold of you. When...
...which has learned to quantify everything, perhaps it might not seem strange that the soul of a killer should be sought in his posthumous neuroanatomy. In an age of scientific miracles, every field of human endeavor looks to science for the silver bullet to pierce the heart of a problem. Why not the heart of evil...
...like the lumberyard, always remember to buckle their seat belts and regard an afternoon fishing at the lake as entertainment every bit the equal of Miami Vice. They are also, of course, the ones you can't imagine having sex, an interesting past or competence in any field of endeavor that is remotely amusing, let alone thrilling...