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...While the insights you reported are astounding, science is ultimately unable to address the nature of morality with any degree of certainty. For scientists to pin our hope on the possibility that "the struggles still to come are fewer than those left behind" is merely blowing in the wind. Better that scientists explore the vast realm of unanswered questions while staying within scientific parameters. Although they accurately describe the mysterious condition of the "planet's most noble creatures," they have not moved one iota beyond the ancient biblical description of beings made in the image of God. Al Hoksbergen, Spring...
...also here for the landscapes. Just outside Graaff Reinet is the Karoo at its most awesome: the Valley of Desolation. Formed by millions of years of wind erosion, the valley is a spectacular collection of rock towers and plunging precipes that evoke the Wild West. Though there are few people, it's far from empty. Eagles soar over the cliffs, and in the valleys you can see springboks, buffaloes, tortoises and mountain zebras...
...former University President Lawrence H. Summers and Professor of Government Michael J. Sandel raised a candle together to light a menorah on the first day of Hanukkah. About 35 students gathered in front of Widener Library at the ceremony organized by the Chabad House at Harvard, waiting as wind threatened to blow out the candles...
...Major, Op. 55.” The symphony is a narrative depicting the phases of life in four movements. Particularly illustrative was the second movement, “Adagio assai,” which aims for the harmonies and rhythms of a funeral march. The various solos in the wind section evoked the solemn organ part in a funeral mass. Following this somber movement, the orchestra moved easily into the uplifting third movement and finale...
...assessment of the U.S. intelligence community that Iran represents no imminent nuclear-weapons threat will certainly take the wind out of the sails of those arguing for an urgent ratcheting up of pressure - and even military action - in response to the Iran "peril." To convince the American people that it may be necessary to start a new war in the Middle East in order to stop Iran from acquiring a technological capability that could theoretically be used to build weapons - even if there's no sign it is currently trying to do so - would, after all, be a tough sell...