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...only it were really so simple. Pinker writes as though philosophy were a dead letter, faith a kind of retardation, and religion a form of mass insanity. He may well believe that, but I doubt his reasons extend much beyond faith...
Police patrols of the area surrounding the Quad will increase in response to complaints from neighbors, Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 announced yesterday. In a letter to students posted on the College’s Web site, Gross urged students to “moderate your behavior in light of our responsibility to the neighboring community, especially during evening and early morning hours.” Gross said increased evening patrols by the Cambridge Police will target “excessive noise and loitering in…city streets.” In addition...
...Peabody Museum because one of the event’s sponsors was the Consulate of Mexico in Boston. The consul general, Porfirio Thierry Muñoz Ledo, attended the event, and activists entered a reception after the show with the aim of urging him to sign a letter condemning the actions of his country’s leaders as well as the Oaxaca governor. The strife in Oaxaca erupted with a teachers’ strike this past May. The strikers and their allies accuse Governor Ulises Ruiz of corruption and want him to resign. The conflict turned violent on June...
This gave me pause, because it made me realize that I, too, would probably never vote for a Mormon or a Muslim presidential candidate. Being thoroughly inculcated in egalitarian values, this epiphany made me somewhat queasy at first. But I’ve come to embrace my scarlet letter. Why, after all, would I choose to vote for a person who subscribes to some ideas that I might find deeply disagreeable—just to attire myself in the self-congratulatory virtue of tolerance...
...Literally” has several traditional definitions: “strictly adhering to basic meaning,” “word for word,” and “without exaggeration.” It comes from the Latin word littera, or “letter,” denoting exactitude and simplicity...