“Thou shalt not kill” (often translated as “You shall not murder”) has outlived its usefulness. It’s time to repeal this Commandment. Better yet, we should rewrite it to reflect society’s true moral policy regarding human conduct that causes death. Rewrite it as: “You may act in such a way that…
Here's yet another incarnation of Brownie: Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters. As indicated in this Salon.com article writer Katharine Mieszkowski wrote that Peters recently complained that the Minnesota bridge collapsed because frivolous things like bike paths are siphoning too much of the transportation budget. On PBS's NewsHour, Peter's argued that projects like…
The White House is fond of reminding us that the U.S. is not fighting alone in Iraq, but that we are part of a "coalition." Marty Kaplan has this to say about that the president's most recent affirmation that there is a 37 nation coaltion: Moldova is in (12 troops),…
The current edition of Science (September 7, 2007- articles available only to subscribers online) contains a short article entitled "The Art of Virtual Persuasion." The author notes a wide variety of studies that have shown that "people who mimic the gestures or speech of others are often perceived by those…
The following is an excerpt from a speech Barak Obama is scheduled to give today in Iowa: We hear eerie echoes of the run-up to the war in Iraq in the way that the President and Vice President talk about Iran. They conflate Iran and al Qaeda. They issue veiled…