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...While the insights you reported are astounding, science is unable to address morality with any degree of certainty. For science to pin our hope on the possibility that "the struggles still to come are fewer than those left behind" is merely blowing in the wind. Better that scientists stay within scientific parameters. Although they accurately describe the mysterious condition of the "planet's most noble creatures," they have not moved one iota beyond the ancient biblical description of beings made in the image of God. Al Hoksbergen, Spring Lake, Mich...
...years ago, you could not pay with a card in McDonald's. The last thing they want to do is add 10 seconds to the time it takes to get you, after you get your food, away from the cash register. We found out, hey, the signature and the PIN--that adds a lot of time. So we said, Fine--and so for certain merchants, for transactions up to $25, no signature, no PIN--and the merchant doesn't have to worry about...
...While the insights you reported are astounding, science is ultimately unable to address the nature of morality with any degree of certainty. For scientists to pin our hope on the possibility that "the struggles still to come are fewer than those left behind" is merely blowing in the wind. Better that scientists explore the vast realm of unanswered questions while staying within scientific parameters. Although they accurately describe the mysterious condition of the "planet's most noble creatures," they have not moved one iota beyond the ancient biblical description of beings made in the image of God. Al Hoksbergen, Spring...
...wings. Christmas is about the kids' getting their due. It's a time of disappointment and bullies but also of dreams--even as they discover it's one of the many ways that society converts dreams into money, as when Ralphie sends away for a Little Orphan Annie decoder pin, which tells him to drink his Ovaltine. ("A crummy commercial? Son of a bitch...
...desperately--quite literally. They want to believe that her sheer unlikability will make up for all the Republican Party's weaknesses going into 2008, that the public is as vested in hating her as they are. They may despise Hillary Clinton, but it's on her that they now pin their hopes...