Whether one sees the world as God's creation or as a secular mystery that science is on the way to figuring out, there is no denying the beauty and majesty of everything from mountain ranges, deserts, and rain forests to the exquisite details in the design of an ordinary mosquito.

The brain can be seen as a complex machine, like a gooey computer.

There is a European Central Bank, of course, established and it has the structure similar to the Federal Reserve system, not precisely the same but similar.

Familiarity can no longer be a necessary condition for trust.

There's a stability and growth pact which was agreed for the eleven countries which tries to limit the size of budget deficits among the eleven countries.

High kitsch, whatever else may be said of it, cannot be openly dismissed as cheap.

Chances are the movements of the euro as against the dollar will be relatively moderate.