Posted in Philosophy, Politics, astronomy, atheism, beliefs, bigotry, education, environment, evolution, exploration, hubris, morality, planet on May 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Clipped from YouTube, this video is a powerful reminder that asking the skeptical questions is the first and only requirement of being human. Without skeptical inquiry we would still be napping flint weapons, living in caves, and wandering about the plains in search of food. Asking skeptical questions, however, is not a [...]
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Posted in Bush, Politics, White House, Wolfowitz, World Bank, cheating, ethics, hubris, nepotism, power on May 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Wolfowitz “did not accept the bank’s policy on conflict of interest and tried to bypass rules that he believed did not apply to him.”
Paul Wolfowitz engaged in nepotism when he assured that his girlfriend, Shaha Riza was promoted and saw to it that she received a hefty pay increase, one far exceeding the standards [...]
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