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MasterChef hopefuls prickle under Mexican standoff pressure
27 May 2012, 9:12 am
We begin a new week with a reminder of the myriad injustices of the previous week, including Mindy's defeat by the forces of leftovers, and Matt's banishment to the phantom zone of Hungry Jack’s by the evil fennel-related machinations of Deb.
Prickly Mexican standoff
27 May 2012, 9:04 am
MasterChef recap: Hopefuls were confronted with enormous mystery boxes, but what was inside?
Armchair Analyst: US stock watch ahead of five-game slate
25 May 2012, 1:34 pm
The real era – for lack of a better description – of Jurgen Klinsmann’s tenure begins in earnest on Saturday. The coach has made it clear that the last nine months have been about experimentation, not results, but that from here on out, scoreboard matters.
Joel Achenbach: Electoral map 2012: Beware reductionism
16 May 2012, 9:33 am
reductionism has its charms. You can eliminate a lot of clutter and complexity by believing that the future will hinge entirely upon one discernible and measurable factor, element or thingamajig. It’s like knowing a code word, or a secret handshake. Read full article >>
Our guns and butter economy
11 May 2012, 8:47 am
With the economy still struggling and the debates over how to fix the problem more intense than ever, one word still evokes bipartisan consensus: exports. “I want us to sell stuff,” said President Obama, summing up the bipartisan sentiment. That nebulous word "stuff" is significant. It asks us to see all exports as the same and to refrain from making nuanced value judgments about what exactly we ...
World - reductionism
A Sound Model of Obstetric Ethics - familypracticenews.com
25 May 2012, 11:46 am
However, these rights-based models are overly simplistic, embracing what is known as " reductionism." George Engel made a landmark contribution to medicine when he argued against biological reductionism. He developed what’s referred to as the ...
Glass-Steagall and Private Equity: Fact and Fiction - Huffington Post
24 May 2012, 11:19 am
But there is reductionism and distortion everywhere on these two issues that long ago were untethered from historical realities. Start with Brooks and private equity. Private equity arose in the midst of a floundering '70s economy, with mounting overseas ...
Is Mormonism Ridiculous? - patheos.com
22 May 2012, 7:00 pm
Discussion of Mormonism in the media tends to reveal the fundamentally unethical way that Americans think about religion, engaging in reductionism, decontextualization, and stereotyping. It is not enough to suggest that all religious are equally silly (a ...
Three Videos Everyone Should See Before Voting - Huffington Post
18 May 2012, 11:58 pm
What no one seems to remember, because of the misleading reductionism of "pro-choice v. pro-life" rhetoric, is that the real issue here is equality before the law and freedom. That is also why this is not a matter of religion it is a matter of individual ...
Electoral map 2012: Beware reductionism - Washington Post
16 May 2012, 9:27 am
reductionism has its charms. You can eliminate a lot of clutter and complexity by believing that the future will hinge entirely upon one discernible and measurable factor, element or thingamajig. It’s like knowing a code word, or a secret ...
NEW SYNDICATED COLUMNS - Florida Times-Union
14 May 2012, 1:47 pm
At first glance, such reductionism seems logical, rational, even boringly uncontroversial. But two recent news items highlight how in a globalized economy, there are troubling consequences that come from the particular kind of export economy we're building.
Our guns and butter economy - Salon
11 May 2012, 8:14 am
At first glance, such reductionism seems logical, rational, even boringly uncontroversial. But two recent news items highlight how in a globalized economy, there are troubling consequences that come from the particular kind of export economy we ...
Pope's Address at Sacred Heart Catholic University - Zenit
3 May 2012, 10:42 pm
Rich in means but not as much in ends, the man of our time often lives conditioned by reductionism and relativism, which lead to losing the meaning of things; almost dazzled by technical efficiency, he forgets the fundamental horizon of the question of ...
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