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Josh Baran, author of the upcoming book 365 Nirvana Here and Now, says when his brain wanders in a distinctly unfocused, nonmeditative way--that deal when you've flipped five pages of a book and read nothing--it actually causes him discomfort. Roger Walsh, a professor of psychiatry, philosophy and anthropology at the University of California at Irvine, has been studying the extent to which meditators can control their psychological states. "Only in recent years has Western psychiatry recognized attention-deficit disorder, but the meditative-contemplative traditions have maintained for thousands of years that we all suffer from some kind...
...share of worldwide computer sales dropped to 15.8% in the first quarter, from 17% in the same period last year, and which is now eating byte dust as No. 2. "Most companies became nervous and conservative during the downturn, but Dell used it to step on the gas," says Roger Kay, vice president of the research company IDC. During the five years of Rollins' leadership, revenues have quadrupled, to nearly $37 billion...
...interested in the article on U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist and his court's effect on America's freedoms, which in my view has been detrimental [NATION, June 30]. There's no doubt that Rehnquist will be remembered alongside another, similar Chief Justice--Roger Taney--whose contributions to U.S. civil liberties include the infamous 1857 Dred Scott decision, which held that slaves and even the free descendants of slaves were not citizens and therefore could not sue in federal courts. Rehnquist fancies himself a champion of states' rights and judicial federalism, yet after the 2000 election he pulled...
...Justice's Legacy I was interested in the article on U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist and his court's effect on America's freedoms, which in my view has been detrimental [June 30]. There's no doubt that Rehnquist will be remembered alongside another, similar Chief Justice?Roger Taney?whose contributions to U.S. civil liberties include the infamous 1857 Dred Scott decision, which held that slaves and even the free descendants of slaves were not citizens and therefore could not sue in federal court. Rehnquist fancies himself a champion of states' rights and judicial federalism...
...appointed a committee for what would turn out, in hindsight, to be a momentous task, but one that at the time did not seem so important: drafting a declaration that explained the decision. It included Franklin, of course, and Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, as well as Connecticut merchant Roger Sherman and New York lawyer Robert Livingston...