Word: slipperyness
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Serving as hosts to the ECAC Championships this weekend, Harvard went 1-2 to finish in seventh place. Princeton won the tournament in a close 7-6 victory over Ivy rival Brown. After dropping both contests on Saturday, the Crimson (4-5) avoided a last-place finish with a 11...
Science and religion have never been easy bedfellows. From Galileo’s trial to the Kansas Board of Education, the histories of science and religion are intertwined in what has long been an antagonistic relationship. But the stakes today are as high as ever—are religion and...
Until two years ago, the RomanCatholic diocese of Palm Beach, Fla., ran audits of its parishes only when they changed pastors. It was a risky, even foolhardy policy when you consider that a parish like St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church, in Delray Beach, hadn't changed pastors in 40...
Growing up in the Baptist-dominated wilds of western North Carolina, I usually watched book burnings with a mixture of perplexity and dismay. Now I understand them. Sometimes, books are so offensive they necessitate bonfires. Case in point: Mitch Albom’s new bestseller. “For One...
Others fear a paternalist “slippery slope” of government regulation: next we will see attempts to ban alcohol, cigarettes, or even sugars. However, there is an important distinction between these products and trans fats, namely that consumers can weigh the risks of the former with their...