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...relation to the human mind may be scientifically sound but philosophically defective [Feb. 12]. Scientists like to break a rose, say, down to its atomic and subatomic particles. Likewise, they view consciousness as merely impulses within the brain. While this is sound science, it dismisses other routes to truth and meaning, like philosophy, history and theology. The whole is greater than, or at least different from, the sum of its parts. Richard W. Metz Sanibel, Florida...
...specter of a rearming and aggressive Japan gives the rest of Asia flashbacks to the war, but the truth is that Iwakuni, like all Japanese military facilities, is still far more defensive than offensive. While missile-armed F/A-18 Hornets launch daily from the American side of the base, Japan's hangars are filled with support craft like the MH-53, which sweeps for mines, and the US-1A, a giant propeller-powered flying boat used for sea rescues. The division of labor is obvious at Iwakuni in other ways. The U.S. keeps nearly half of the base to itself...
...course, you can't get to Bigelow's space station without a ride. No problem, since spaceport plans are popping up faster than airports--seven at last count, from Truth or Consequences, N.M., to Sheboygan, Wis. New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson has signed off on plans for a $220 million--to--$225 million Spaceport America to focus on space tourism...
...appears to be running--which is to say, the sort of campaign in which you put a ravening horde of consultants in a room and have them discuss whether you should say "I was wrong" about Iraq instead of making up your own mind and speaking the obvious truth. In other words, she's running against the Kerry campaign by imitating the Kerry campaign. She's fighting the last...
...president who is incapable of admitting he is wrong, incapable of admitting a mistake," said John Edwards in his short speech. "It's time for a different kind of leadership. We need a leader who will be open and honest with the American people, who will tell the truth when they make a mistake and take responsibility." In case anyone missed the swipe at Senator Clinton's refusal to apologize and say she was wrong to vote for the war, the former North Carolina Senator answered a question about whether Clinton has backpedaled enough from her vote, by saying...