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...always tended to turn in on itself--Washington famously maintained in his farewell address that "it is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliance with any portion of the foreign world." Jefferson, too, warned against "entangling alliances." Even as its power has grown, America's expansiveness toward other countries has waxed and waned, as have the world's expectations of America. But conditions are such that it is again necessary to ask what U.S. relations with other nations ought to be and what they can be. The President is only intermittently engaged in foreign affairs. Congress is increasingly...
Prime Minister Rabin was in a unique position to steer Israel towards peace...
...soon to tell also what will be with the peace process Prime Minister Rabin was in a unique position to steer the Israeli public on a path towards peace. The first of the eight Israeli prime ministers to be born in Palestine, Rabin did not carry with him the scars of Europe's destruction of the Jews. His impeccable military credentials allowed him to command the trust of the majority of Israelis throughout the Peace Process...
...getting genes into the next generation was, for better or worse, the criterion by which the human mind was designed. Mental traits conducive to genetic proliferation are the traits that survived. They are what constitute our minds today; they are us, we are designed to steer genes through a technologically primitive social structure. The good news is that doing this job entailed some quite pleasant feelings. Because social cooperation improves the chances of survival, natural selection imbued our minds with an infrastructure for friendship, including affection, gratitude and trust. (In technical terms, this is the machinery for "reciprocal altruism...
...much to address the specific incident but use awareness for teaching, learning and education about the resources we have available," Lewis said. "We're going to give a lot of effort to encourage people to be alert and aware of the ways in which one can steer students...