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...danger posed by the uninsured is another reminder that when it comes to infectious disease, we're all in this together. Sick pigs and sick people, a virus in Mexico and an infection in New Zealand--in a globalized world, microbial threats that seem far away can be on our doorstep in hours. "As a global community, we are only as strong as our weakest link," says the CDC's Besser. If we want to prevent the next pandemic--or at least survive it--we need to remember that...
...ongoing Jewish covenants--combined with points made in other conciliar documents--seem to temper the idea that Catholicism is a uniquely effective road to salvation that has little to learn from other traditions. But Benedict sometimes seems nostalgic for the old understanding. In 2006, for instance, he preached that in choosing 12 Apostles, Jesus was summoning the 12 tribes of Israel to be "reunited in a new covenant [Christianity], the full and perfect accomplishment of the old." There are harmless ways to interpret this. But it might also help explain why Benedict refused to delete the "conversion" wording from...
...speaks to the divisions Marilyn French chronicled that her death, on May 2 at 79, left women of certain vintages bereft but seemed to go largely unnoticed by their male contemporaries. THIS BOOK WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE: that was the pledge on the dust jacket of French's 1977 first novel, The Women's Room. It was decried by some critics as militant, man-hating propaganda, but its themes of female solidarity and empowerment didn't seem hugely radical to my blithe circle of undergraduate friends. French would later define feminism as "the belief that women matter as much...
...That said, relationships do matter. Although good sibling relationships seem to be the most beneficial kind, it really doesn’t matter whom you’re connecting with, as long as you’re connecting with someone. This was, in fact, the most unequivocal statement made by George Vaillant, the leader of the study: “That the only thing that really matters in life are your relationships to other people...
...seeing a lot more of these next year. As evinced by the budgetary changes announced last Monday, the head honchos over in University Hall seem to think students needs more fatty foods late at night to accompany their poor sleeping schedules and stress overload...