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...Sins of the Fathers" implies that if Catholic priests were free to marry, it would solve the problem of pedophilia--which the medical community has determined is an incurable illness [March 29]. Pedophiles exist in all walks of life, yet Catholic priests get the headlines, even though just a tiny percentage have committed this shameful offense. Choosing to live the vow of chastity is a gift of one's total self to God and has no relevance whatsoever to pedophilia...
...Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I) returned to realism, cutting excess nukes while ensuring that the specter of mutually assured destruction would linger long after the Cold War. Last month's modest accord leaves unanswered how arms control might transition into disarmament. No one knows how to get to zero. But any hope of that will depend on realism's giving way to optimism--and the belief that an abundance of thermonuclear weapons isn't the most effective way to stop people from slaughtering one another...
...dinner, when Cassandra went to the bathroom, I had no clue what to do without a phone to pretend to be busy with. So I stared at people at nearby tables, which, while normal in 2000, is totally creepy now. But the real problem was trying to get to a party afterward. We got lost without the GPS, and by the time we got there, Cassandra's friends had already left. "Joel, this is your fault," Cassandra said many, many times. At 11:22 p.m., just four hours into our experiment, she turned on her phone and started mad texting...
...movie to my Netflix queue and find out if Switzerland uses the euro, I didn't miss it. Sure, it's a little boring to drive without texting, but I got to focus on driving really fast. And the day felt longer, with that slow, easy laziness you get only on vacation or Vicodin. (See 25 websites you can't live without...