…afting a UN Security Council resolution endorsing the fatwa. This could be a small step toward boosting Khamenet's international profile while simultaneously pressuring Iran to follow its own religious decree. To be sure, regime change remains an attractive alternative on paper,...
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…and “righteousness.” He didn’t mean the word in purely religious terms. He meant that Israel, if it were to retain international backing and internal cohesion, must be guided by a core of moral assumptions as well. That, in itself, would be reason enough to pursue every possible...
/ BARAK / 78 and refining our position on Jerusalem. I think Clinton expected a formal offer from us. Since I’d been guided by his request for a list of questions for Arafat, however, that is what we came to him with. As we’d discussed, I wanted finally to elicit some sign of wh...
…ls are viewed in society. "Even with higher levels of income, there is the practice of child marriage," said Care International's gender director, Theresa Hwang. "It is an issue of status; girls are valued in a lesser way. In India, girls are not seen as 'added value’. The issue...
in markets and government both. What I love about it is the chance to prove ideas. | love Wall Street innovations such as swaps and futures and ETFs and mortgage- backed securities, even admitting their dangers. And who would have thought that the San Francisco Bay area, a strong...
Mysticism and Logic. Bertrand Russell. Norton. N.Y. 1929. Sefer shel Devarium (The Book of Words). Lawrence Kushner, Jewish Lights, Woodstock, Vermont. 1998. Semiophysics: A Sketch, Aristotelian Physics and Catastrophe Theory. Rene Thom. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA. 1990. Mere...
And, Mr. President, that was the forerunner of the same “Don’ t ask, don’ t tell” policy that you promised to rescind, only you haven’ t been acting like a Commander-in-Chief. All you have to do is sign such a directive. Those who serve in the military are trained to follow order...
psychology to (at least momentary) consideration of a career in government service. A student with the long-held intent of becoming a researcher and with no interest in politics, government, or public service might seem to be an immovable object. And yet, in that moment, Jordan’s...
between points is also an act of drawing a line around those points. It is not simply that we’re enmeshed in networks now; no, we're enclosed even entrapped by them. If the great ambition of Cecil Rhodes’ era was for the expansive conquest of territory, in our own it is for the c...
…epartment of Public Diplomacy (1h3e#82334943e 51), which primarily oversees the MFA Spokesman’s Office in Beijing, international media outreach, and China’s embassy spokesmen abroad; international visitor programs; and “exchange” organizations, such as the Chinese People’s Instit...
4.2.12 WC: 191694 Our investigation also uncovered that Desiree’s father had a history of violence toward her. According to a news report, Desiree’s mother had her father arrested and charged with assault and battery against Desiree. “In her account,” reported in the media, “Des...
materials. It also convinced a food catering business not to cater for child marriage ceremonies. For Care and AJWS, the logical route is to work through local partners familiar with regional conditions and practices, and based where the pressure points are. For the local NGOs,...
…rea of agreement, but not total. On confronting dogma, I of course agree — though in my opinion the secular religions — nationalist fanaticism, etc. — are much more dangerous. And if some find rational discussion offensive — as, for example, mainstream academics find dismantling...
4.2.12 WC: 191694 Our wives—most of whom had known us as adolescents—agreed that we had been pretty nerdy back then, but they prided themselves on having seen through the external faults that had relegated us to C lists. "You don't need to buy the 50's in a store," one spouse qu...
Does God have Free Will? God. Scientists generally avoid the topic, but since we’re talking about such a fundamental concept, we must consider whether the Universe would be any different if it had a creator. Recently there have been two widely publicized attacks on religious be...