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...first the good news. Evolutionary psychologists say our "moral sentiments" do, as Darwin speculated, have an innate basis. Such impulses as compassion, empathy, generosity, gratitude and remorse are genetically based. Strange as it may sound, these impulses, with their checks on raw selfishness, helped our ancestors survive and pass their genes to future generations...
...this dark, Darwinian view of nature has its saving grace. True, it doesn't let us imagine some idyllic time when nature was benign and the human heart pristine--a time when, as Augustine believed, human flesh had not yet been corrupted by raw desire and self-absorption. On the contrary, our distant evolutionary past was a time when desire was even rawer than now, and self-absorption less nuanced...
Duritz's difficulties with women provide the raw material for his songwriting. Bad dates, long-distance affairs, the desperate wait for the phone to ring, all resonate in his lyrics. Almost all the songs on Recovering the Satellites are written in the first person, and the first half of the album dwells on Duritz's struggles with the media spotlight. Goodnight Elisabeth is a melancholy ballad about a woman (not Aniston) Duritz dated who had trouble dealing with his constant touring. Have You Seen Me Lately? is a forceful rocker that examines Duritz's uneasy romance with fame...
Bill Clinton is leading Bob Dole in Canada by about 50 points. I would have mentioned that sooner--I read about it in the Washington Post a month ago--but I've had difficulty trying to figure out its significance. Columnists are supposed to offer analysis, not just raw statistics and undigested facts. Everybody knows that...
...Raw sewage pouring into the Charles River may endanger rowers at the Head of the Charles Regatta this weekend if bacteria levels are too high, according to the Environmental Protection Agency...