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...Heathrow Airport, and people are sprawled across plastic benches in various poses of contortion. To be in transit is to be disconnected, but for some of those sleeping here, the rootlessness is not temporary. Each night, scores of London's homeless men and women take advantage of modern travel delays by posing as stranded passengers in order to sleep in a warm, safe place. They play a cat-and-mouse game with police, often donning floral shirts, fanny packs and other travel accessories to blend in. And their increasing ability to disappear in Heathrow's swelling crowds of delayed passengers...
...international condemnation of Beijing's record of repression. The extent of their surprise can be gauged by their reaction--a brutal crackdown on dissent at home and a deaf ear to criticism from abroad--which is more reminiscent of the heavy-handed communist regime of old than the modern, moderate Beijing that the Olympics are meant to showcase...
...Science historically developed as a response to religious belief. However, the modern synthesis of the Science—incarnated with its high priests touting new social laws based on new research—comes dangerously close to the dogmatic and inflexible systems of belief that it originally replaced. Science needs to abandon its practice of prescribing advice for society and return to its root mission of exploring the mysteries of the universe. After all, the best human life cannot be discovered through peer-reviewed controlled tests; it can only be attempted through zeal, a bit of good luck...
...illnesses that confront the developed world, research into disease endemic in the developing world is starved for resources. The World Health Organization estimates that 90 percent of the world’s health-related research addresses only 10 percent of global disease burden, leaving many diseases neglected by the modern research enterprise. These “neglected tropical diseases” (NTDs) include schistosomiasis, trypanosomiasis, hookworm, cholera, and malaria, and account for nearly a million and a half deaths per year...
...passing, like that of William Buckley, godfather of modern conservatism, is part of a broader tragedy of the American political landscape. There may have been a lot to dislike about the old right—Buckley initially supported segregation, for example, and Ronald Reagan’s foreign policy was marred by the Iran-Contra unpleasantness—but there was a lot to like about it, too. And when faced with the Republican Party of today, I don’t care who you are—you’ll find yourself missing that old-time religion...