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...simply a matter of acknowledging that there are two opinions about each question—one right and one wrong—but recognizing that there can be two sets of facts for each issue, both true. As LeRoy vanishes into thin air, he reveals our ever-ephemeral grasp on truth and reality. Our world depends on a haphazard balance between manipulated images, unfiltered images, and direct experience. And upon this arbitrary and artificial backdrop—a reality far from terra firma—we play out our personal simulations. It’s an uncomfortable idea: Our existence...
...think it’s unacceptable to be spending this much money on Iraq without greater accountability for the money and greater certainty that the benefit is worthwhile,” Bilmes says. The $2-trillion sum is so huge it is often hard for people to grasp, Bilmes says. In comparison, she says, the U.S. spends only $6 billion a year on disease control and $5 billion a year on cancer research.For a comparison that might ring truer to the Commencement Day crowd, the sum could fund four full years of Harvard tuition for 11.5 million undergraduates?...
...That means he hates fund raising and isn't very comfortable with the backroom coddling of special interests that is a dismally essential part of the job. He entered the race late and precipitately. His answers are sketchy on some domestic-policy issues; Miller has a Washington insider's grasp of issues like education and tax policy, as the Washington Post pointed out in an endorsement editorial last week. Indeed, Webb may be in serious trouble in the primary. A minuscule turnout is expected, less than 5% of the electorate, and Miller has been working his way through the traditional...
Equipped with new findings--as well as input from people with autism--researchers are getting a better grasp of autistic minds and how they might best be treated. Impassioned specialists and parents let us know of the challenges in tackling the confounding condition but also revealed a degree of optimism...
...tell their canine companions no. Although such advice may seem indulgent, his reason is practical, not philosophical: often dogs have no idea what the command means. "Most of the dogs in America think their name is No," jokes Kilcommons, who says the word is too vague for dogs to grasp because it doesn't correlate with a specific action. Instead, he advocates using commands such as off or stay, which dictate precise behaviors, then rewarding pups with praise--and the occasional treat--when they get it right...