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But does it work? Most Western-trained physicians remain skeptical. Explanations that acupuncture restores the balance of yin and yang by tinkering at critical points along life-force meridians sound to scientists suspiciously like quackery. Advocates counter that their claims are supported by hundreds of research studies--as well as...
In an article on this debate in the American Political Science Association Comparative Politics' summer newsletter, Varshney acknowledges the contributions of rational choice to the study of economics and institutions in comparative politics but very pointedly states the limits of rational choice explanations.
Mitigating the damage that these comments would otherwise have caused, was Mandela's tremendous store of political capital: he had enough of the stuff to make any other world figure envious. Still, many wondered, what could possibly have possessed the man to squander his hard-earned prestige when he was...
But sordid particulars and easy explanations are ever the enemy of tragedy. In this case they transform it--despite a lot of earnest acting of the kind that always seems to have its eye on a year-end prize--into nothing more than a revenge plot. They also rob it...
Meanwhile, in the absence of final explanations, there are the conspiracy theories. The Internet, naturally, is full of them. Everywhere in the Arab world, where Dodi's relationship with Diana had become a source of national pride, there is speculation that a British plot killed the princess to prevent her...