Word: logics
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...often still is--that men are just not interested in controlling their fertility. "Even at the best of times, most men are not great at thinking through the consequences of their actions," opined London's Guardian in a story that took note of the Australian study. By that logic, though, men shouldn't be flying fighter planes either. In fact, recent surveys have shown that significant numbers of men are interested in a contraceptive drug. Two European firms, Organon and Schering AG, are backing trials around the world...
...just don’t know”—summing up in ten words the problem inherent in living a life of alertness in pursuit of self-knowledge. In a word, Wainwright manages to describe at points what it means to lead a life of logic, rationality and learning while embroiled in a mist of madness, illogical complications and all that the mind cannot grasp...
...civilized world, this trickery might seem low-down. But in Texas, cowboy logic rules, and last week’s array of torturous gerrymanders was only the latest in a string of underhanded tactics. This is the same controversy, after all, that inspired the state’s Democrats to filibuster with their feet, stalling votes on the redistricting by going on the lam from their legislative session—twice...
...argued that John Paul II's ecumenical enthusiasm does not entirely square with his own theological rigidity. But such judgements may be in the eye of the beholder. There's an internal logic to the pontiff's own philosophy of "the dignity of the human person." While the notion may resonate with the liberal worldview, the pope includes in his view of the individual a divine component of which the Church is the infallible arbiter, setting him at odds with liberals. And that inner consistency may also account for the fact that measured by the yardstick of the politics...
...alcohol, Massachusetts enacted a law allowing the Sunday sale of alcoholic beverages within 10 miles of the New Hampshire border. And as the law stands, while Sunday sales are verboten for most of the year, the Sundays between Thanksgiving and New Years are excluded from the rule. The logic is divine: Massachusetts and convenience store owners clearly stand to lose revenue because of an antiquated blue law, so they poke a few holes in it during high-flow times...