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Counterpoints- Page 39

Short, sharp commentary from Standpoint on media, politics, religion and public life. Brief pieces with an edge.
Editorial image for "Experts and Axioms" — When politics has entered the scientific debate over climate change, how…

Experts and Axioms

When politics has entered the scientific debate over climate change, how can we trust the experts? Is the world getting hotter, and are humans responsible? Two questions there, and I don’t know
December 14, 2009
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Editorial image for "Civil Society" — Civility has become the new political buzz word, but its meaning has been…

Civil Society

Civility has become the new political buzz word, but its meaning has been distorted to suit the left-liberal consensus Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary contains some lovely lines. One of them, as I learned
December 14, 2009
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Editorial image for "Friend to the End" — The experience of a dying friend shows that nursing home staff can prove…

Friend to the End

The experience of a dying friend shows that nursing home staff can prove to be good friends in death It’s many years since I was a monk and thus a professional in the death
December 14, 2009
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Editorial image for "Tale of Two Meals" — Encouraging a chef's creativity is fine, until you're served a triangular…

Tale of Two Meals

Encouraging a chef’s creativity is fine, until you’re served a triangular wafer in a cocktail glass Recently, I was lucky enough to spend a week in Avignon. The hotel was excellent, the
December 14, 2009
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