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Says Farah: "When my colleagues and I called for a more open mind and rational debate on cognitive enhancement, we were not saying, 'Yeah, let's everybody take these [controlled] substances.' What we are saying is that these drugs are being used and it's very important for physicians to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Popping Smart Pills: The Case for Cognitive Enhancement | 1/6/2009 | See Source »

• "These guys were entirely rational. They are not wild-eyed shrieking wackos." -Edward Peck, a former U.S. ambassador to Iraq, after meeting with a group of Hamas leaders including Mashaal, whom Peck said was "moderate in many senses." Times of London, July 10, 2006

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hamas Leader Khaled Mashaal | 1/4/2009 | See Source »

The question "What is man?" is fundamental both to Benedict's worldview and to his attempts to convince his flock to question the conventions of modern secularized society. Much has been made of the Pope's recent focus on environmental issues. On Monday he repeated his metaphor that the human...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pope's Christmas Condemnation of Transsexuals | 12/23/2008 | See Source »

Rick Warren may occasionally sound more open-minded than Jerry Falwell, another plump Evangelical who once played a prominent role in U.S. politics. But he's not. Gays and lesbians are angry that Barack Obama has honored Warren, but they shouldn't be surprised. Obama has proved himself repeatedly to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Problem for Gays with Rick Warren — and Obama | 12/18/2008 | See Source »

With recent administrative calls for budget-trimming, staff in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences have been clinging to their jobs in apprehension, anxious that they are particularly vulnerable in a new era of cost-cutting. Many staffers interviewed by The Crimson expressed concern that the hiring freeze on all...

Author: By Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hiring Freeze Still Concerns FAS Staff | 12/16/2008 | See Source »

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