Word: rationale
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At Harvard, it seems that such incidents are very rare. I haven’t seen any dramatic anti-war protests or angry animal rights sit-ins. Most of the students I have spoken to have fairly well thought-out, left-of-center opinions—the kind that would...
Crucially, religion is in its essence different from many aspects of culture because it is based on the unperceivable and improvable. Wars have been motivated by all kinds of forces, but those fought for religious purposes are particularly long-lasting. The ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine is not solely...
Re "When Seeing Is Not Believing" [Oct. 9]: Alarmed by the growing strength of fundamentalist religions, Andrew Sullivan suggested that "moderate," "tolerant" and "humble" believers hold the key to religious peace and sensible politics. Nonsense. When in history has religion, however moderate, prevented or eliminated the ignorance and abuses of...
Wishful thinking has blamed current ills on pork, former Rep. Mark Foley, the immigration and Social Security impasses, lobbyists, and the like—effectively everything except for the party’s ill-advised and disastrous foreign policy, the true cause of Republican misfortunes. Unless the Republican Party acknowledges...
In the modern world, science is everywhere. Whether it’s understanding a doctor’s prognosis, navigating the politics of global warming, or even just understanding that mixing bleach and ammonia is not a good idea, to be educated today means to be scientifically literate. It is...