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...Pity the poor??body. Since philosopher René Descartes uncoupled it from the mind in the 17th century, it has been second banana. Storytellers have fetishized the mind and exalted it as the locus of character and the self. The body has been along mainly for the ride ever since, the mind's sherpa...
Although American medical skill is among the best in the world, we have an abominable system in this country for the delivery of health care, with gross inequities toward the poor particularly the working poor???and profiteering by many hospitals and some medical doctors, who prey on the vulnerability...
...high as $1,089, and the payments are tax free. Six percent of last year's recipients increased the after-tax incomes they were receiving before their injuries. There is no income limit on who can be paid. The rich can collect along with the poor???and do. In such cases, the have-nots are being taxed to support the haves. Even though spending on rehabilitation services has doubled in seven years, from $575 per person to $1,125, the number of disabled people returning to work has continued to decline. A decade ago, 3% of recipients found jobs; today...
...concepts are startling?and disturbing. Conflict between parents and children is biologically inevitable. Children are bora deceitful. All human acts?even saving a stranger from drowning or donating a million dollars to the poor???may be ultimately selfish. Morality and justice, far from being the triumphant product of human progress, evolved from man's animal past, and are securely rooted in the genes...
...also was hidden from the view of the tower controllers, who as at many similar airports, had no ground radar to help them track surface traffic. For unexplained reasons, the white centerline lights embedded in the runway?a further aid to pilots when visibility is poor???were not operating. Inside the Clipper, Edward Hess, 39, a food broker from Phoenix, thought, "I don't know much about this, but this is below minimum." In fact, the degree of visibility remained an important point for investigators...