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...final analysis, though, a conception of the soul that is irreducible to physical properties seems naive. It seems that everywhere one looks, there has been a new discovery of how a brain function??a physical, chemical brain function??can account for a cognitive or bodily function that had previously seemed obscure. Frattaroli’s motives are for the best, to be sure. And right now, his concept of “healing the soul” may just be the best way of treating psychiatric patients. But it is difficult to imagine that the concept...
...maybe it was. DeWolfe is overflow housing. Like other buildings with a similar function??Jordan and Claverly Hall, for example—DeWolfe brings together students exiled from a variety of Houses that do not have enough room for all affiliates to live onsite. With full kitchens, cable television and underground parking for those with cars, DeWolfe apartments are a considered by many to be a sweet deal; DeWolfe is not the Jordan “projects” by any stretch of the imagination. But the problems of overflow housing still affect residents of DeWolfe. Many students...
...suicide bombers have set themselves outside of contracts. They no longer need guarantees of security. Instead they use as tools of war the bonds of trust that allow society to function??the trust that a stranger is not trying to kill us whenever we board an airplane or open our mail. We can improve our airport security and watch our toxic waste trucks, but we can never think hard enough to imagine everything a bin Laden could imagine—like attacking the Pentagon with boxcutters. And no matter how many armed guards we post, they only work...
...Beyond her most basic website function??listing the next three shuttles on a selected route—ShuttleGirl has perfected a number of other skills...