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...Uncertainty Principle. What he tells his class about the theory - "Even if you can't figure it out, you're still responsible for it on the midterm" - applies, in spades, to his crumbling life. And yet for most of the movie he hangs in there, behaving honorably, seeking the wisdom of his ancestors, trying to observe the Jewish concept of Hashem. "Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you," says Elie Wiesel's Rashi. To absorb God's body blows, this disquieting, haunting movie says, is to be fully alive. To do otherwise could kill...
...life. His account is marked by a powerful sense of wonder at his surrounding planet, at the karmic electricity that seems to flow through it and, less overtly, at his own capacity for growth. Though humorous and often irreverent, this curious cocktail of recollections is a penetrating piece of wisdom. He takes the opportunity to show the reader something true, even if here or there the details have been changed, and this account brims with compassion. He explains, “If I were able (by means of a deeper covenant than that which exists between author and reader...
...provide enough competition with private plans to keep costs down, but opponents derided it as the first step toward socialized medicine. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi now faces a tough predicament: all three House bills that passed out of committee before the recess include a public plan, and conventional wisdom was that a final version of the bill, which would marry the three together, would include such a plan...
Their trial is still continuing. Many of the world's top archaeological experts have testified as both prosecution and defense witnesses in proceedings that already run to more than 9,000 pages. And while the original charges against the ossuary appear to have been popularly accepted as conventional wisdom, they seem to be headed for trouble in the courtroom where the fine reading of law comes into play. Judge Aharon Farkash, who has a degree in archaeology, has wondered aloud in court how he can determine the authenticity of the items if the professors cannot agree among themselves. (Read...
...gang the center of debate? Contrary to conventional wisdom, there’s more agreement about health-care reform in Washington than disagreement. Four congressional committees have already agreed on core tenets: community ratings, expansion of Medicaid coverage, a health-care exchange, subsidies for low-income citizens, incentive for employers, and an end to underwriting on pre-existing conditions. Generally, more divisions have been bridged than broadened...