Weather Panic! This is the New Normal (and We're Hopelessly Unprepared)
The mind, of course, is just what the brain does for a living.
Arguing, after all, is less about seeking truth than about overcoming opposing views.
Like sand on the beach, the brain bears the footprints of the decisions we have made, the skills we have learned, the actions we have taken.
With modern parts atop old ones, the brain is like an iPod built around an eight-track cassette player.
A single decision by the chairman of Royal Dutch/Shell has a greater impact on the health of the planet than all the coffee-ground-composting, organic-cotton-wearing ecofreaks gathering in Washington D.C., for Earth Day festivities this weekend.