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...decade ago. It's more prosperous, it's healthier, it's better educated, and--with all the inevitable caveats about disaffected young Muslim men--it is the European nation most comfortable with the multicultural future that is the fate of all of them. It would be foolish to give all the credit for the state of this blessed plot to Blair but equally foolish to deny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why You'll Miss Tony Blair | 5/3/2007 | See Source »

...chains of questions about the similarity between complex traffic systems and the human brain.The author also examines the effects that the personal tragedy of his wife’s sudden death have had on his philosophy of the mind. Any criticism of the presence of personal drama would be foolish, however, because the subject matter of the book is extremely relevant to everyone’s personal life: Hofstadter is leading an investigation of the elusive nature of subjective experience.Hofstadter has a gift for articulating the complex with wit, clarity, and accessibility. When he includes a relevant excerpt from...

Author: By Benjamin C. Burns, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Reflection on The Loopy Self | 4/27/2007 | See Source »

...settlers came with ideas they had to junk. Some of their brightest hopes were false. They worked hard and got other people to do their work for them. They were foolish, fierce and surprisingly stubborn. When one thing failed, they tried another. We are their descendants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jamestown: Inventing America | 4/26/2007 | See Source »

...first Republican to tackle Gonzales was Arlen Specter, the committee's ranking minority member, who termed Gonzales' session on Capitol Hill a "reconfirmation hearing." Though Specter started with the charitable tone of voice he reserves for those who he views as foolish but forgivable, Gonzales quickly did two things you never do with the cantankerous senior Senator from Pennsylvania: he both interrupted and challenged him. When Specter was asking Gonzales about conflicts between his opening statement and comments he made at a press conference earlier this year, Specter said, as an aside, that he was sure that Gonzales had prepared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gonzales Gets Hit from Both Sides | 4/19/2007 | See Source »

...oversight or rules of engagement. These gun-toting cowboys charging around in their SUVs taint the already sullied image of our military and government. They went into battle for two reasons: blood and money. Those who live by the sword should expect to perish by it. It is foolish for their families to expect that they are going to be safe. When even journalists and humanitarian relief workers are targets of violence in Iraq, why should these armed men be exempt? Their deaths highlight the ineptitude of the government that got us into this mess. Farhad Sethna, Akron, Ohio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 4/12/2007 | See Source »

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