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Mind Your Morals The article's title, "What Makes Us Moral," contains the basic mistake we make in trying to understand ourselves and our fellow human beings [Dec. 3]. Nothing makes us anything. We make choices, which then affect our brain chemistry. In trying to be scientific, we often reverse the relationship. While Jeffrey Kluger may value the choices we make, he did not use the word choices in his examination of morality. The connection we have with our community is a powerful factor in how we choose to behave, of course, and we do place others outside our community...
...tend to be higher than those in Britain. And while it might be easier to fire a worker in Denmark than elsewhere in Europe, companies must follow strict rules that require advance notice of termination. Fox was correct in observing that most workers assume more responsibility than do their fellow Europeans. I have been a resident of Denmark since 1989, and I have no desire to return to Britain. John Barton, Vejle, Denmark...
...would like to see an article that omits the candidates' faces and party affiliations and lists only their names and their stances on important issues. It embarrasses me to be an American when fellow citizens vote on the basis of celebrity endorsements, sex and race. I think we need to look at the real issues of Iraq, immigration, education, poverty, health care, national security, maintenance of our roads and bridges, English as our national language, etc. I want to know how these issues would be handled. Then I will make my decision. Suzanne Caravella, EAST WINDSOR...
...spiked trail mix, I began to think that I might survive the trip with minimal traumatic flashbacks. After the desolate expanses of Texas and New Mexico, New Hampshire seemed cute to me (a word I was never to use again after watching the horror cross my fellow hikers’ faces). The fact that the group leaders would elaborately “bear-trap” our supplies every night when we were only a few miles from the highway was endearing rather than intimidating. The earnestness of New England camping marked a large enough contrast to my earlier...
...comparative politics course on Latin America, along with a social studies junior tutorial on Latin American politics. “He has quite honestly been among the top several professors I’ve worked with at Harvard,” said George Soroka, the head teaching fellow for Gov 20. “It has been a wonderful opportunity to work with someone who gives so much thought to pedagogy.” “He is extremely engaging and really passionate about what he is teaching,” said Katherine A. Beck...