Word: selfishnesses
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...Scotland; legal scholar Bartha Knoppers; brain scientist Baroness Susan Greenfield; Lieut. General Paul Van Riper, U.S.M.C. (ret.); futurist Paul Saffo; Whole Earth cataloger Stewart Brand; venture capitalists Christopher Meyer and Steve Jurvetson; and two of my favorite science writers (outside of my own staff, of course), Richard Dawkins (The Selfish Gene) and Matt Ridley (Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters...
...unobjectionable. But as drama, the Manichaean tussle of good vs. stupid is too often a recipe for stock characters, lazy thinking, easy exits from thorny issues. It also dodges a question many blacks posed: Who says we have to be the stalwart ones? Why can't we be as selfish, superficial, even prejudiced as everyone else? Equality in mediocrity: an American ideal that anyone can attain...
...very happy, but I am also flabbergasted,” Jen said. “There are so many messages even now that writing is selfish, a luxury activity, and I should think of my children’s needs first...
...professor and devout Catholic is widely viewed as a straight shooter. Many assume she's simply lost her taste for the game-not least because so little has gone right since she took over. The Philippines, she said, is "now closer to the category of backward countries, wherein powerful, selfish interests are able to exploit poverty and ignorance." She also complained of a political atmosphere filled with "poison"-presumably a reference to fierce criticism of her husband and his alleged dealings with Congressman Mark Jimenez, who was extradited to the U.S. last month on fraud charges...
...speaker appeared on the ballot in 18 districts last year, all 18 passed it—but only three of those representatives voted against him. The fact that the other 15 representatives disregarded the express wish of their constituents is a testament to Finneran’s authoritarian, vehemently selfish style—which has fostered about as much open democratic discourse in the House as Stalin did in the Politburo...