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...hero replies by opening his essay with, “David Hume, the great Scottish philosopher, brought empiricism to its logical extreme. If these be the spirit of the age in which he lived, then he was representative of it.” This generality expert has already taken his position for the essay. Actually he has not the vaguest idea of what Hume really said, or in fact what he said it in, or in fact if he ever said anything at all. But by never bothering to define empiricism, he may write indefinitely on the issue, virtually without...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Beating the System | 5/17/2006 | See Source »

...cyclone watch at Gunyungarra, Gulumbu Yunupingu speaks gently into her mobile phone: "We're waiting on Cyclone Monica. Coming this way." It's late April in Northeast Arnhem Land, in Australia's Top End, and until the rains came, Yunupingu, an expert in art and bush medicine, had been foraging for yam. Now, as well as the category five storm to worry about, there's her exhibition debut in Paris looming on the horizon, and the mother of four has returned to her community near Yirrkala to paint. As it transpires, over the course of the next few days Monica...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Parisian Romance | 5/15/2006 | See Source »

...others, even if it's unintentionally." Schools steadfastly reserve the right not to let one person's disturbing behavior disrupt anyone else's educational experience. And they argue that their mandatory-leave policy can force emotionally distressed students to get the best possible help. Gary Pavela, a judicial-policy expert at the University of Maryland and author of a book on student suicide, says the approach is designed for "getting rid of troubled kids, getting them into the hands of others, as soon as possible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Colleges Go On Suicide Watch | 5/14/2006 | See Source »

...doing. Attorney General Gonzales hinted in early April that the President may even have the power to order wiretaps on purely domestic phone calls without court approval. "I'm not going to rule it out," he told the House Judiciary Committee. Says Dale Carpenter, a constitutional-law expert at the University of Minnesota: "If the Administration claims literally bottomless Executive power to defend the country--and it has--then I think we can expect that there are many such secret programs out there that we haven't yet learned about and that members of Congress may not even know about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Bush's Secret Spy Net | 5/14/2006 | See Source »

...this problem." Opponents of engagement further argue that opening direct talks would confer legitimacy on Iran's leaders--who, aside from their suspected desire to obtain nuclear weapons, deny Israel's right to exist, support terrorist groups and lack support among their own people. Says Michael Rubin, an Iran expert at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank: "The very act of sitting down with them recognizes them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Not Talk? | 5/14/2006 | See Source »

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