Word: rationale
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Okay, there was no Democrat politburo instructing Hollywood to make anti-war movies - at least, not that I know of. And not every showbiz liberal agreed that the jihadist insurgency should be indicated with a finger that was wagging, pointing or raised. Some of them - Tom Hanks, writer Aaron Sorkin...
Yet so long as government institutions allow fear to dictate policy and rhetoric, a rational assessment of such techniques will be absent from the debate. By leaving the investigation of the destruction of the tapes to a sympathetic Justice Department, the Bush administration has once again used the language of...
Indeed, the secular observation of Christmas strikes not a few ironic chords. For one, Christmas persisting even in the absence of Christianity testifies to the raw force of inertia in long-observed customs. Those former Christians who have cast away their faith may think themselves more open-minded and rational...
Christmastime provides ample proof that mankind is not as rational, as open-minded, as free-thinking as many secular people think it and hope it could be. Secular celebrants of Christmas either ignorantly perpetuate meaningless traditions, or, even worse, find comfort and joy in observing them.
Should the government give heroin addicts a drug that could save their lives in the event of a drug overdose—but that some believe will increase risky drug use? This might sound like a hypothetical question posed by Professor of Government Michael J. Sandel, but it�...