The link to the story is in the title. But I liked this quote from the Jesuit in charge of astronomy at the Vatican:
“God in his infinite freedom continuously creates a world that reflects that freedom at all levels of the evolutionary process to greater and greater complexity,” he wrote. “He is not continually intervening, [...]
What bothers me most about the mainstream media’s coverage of the Inspector-General’s smack-down of Ken Tomlinson (former board chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting) isn’t the fact that he resigned. The man was an obvious political toady and my only surprise is that he lasted as long as he did. It isn’t even the [...]
All legitimate self improvement programs share one thing in common: All must provide the student at least some level of understanding of, and control over, their own ego. In fact, it’s virtually impossible to achieve any degree of self realization (improvement in self understanding) without it.
But the ego can be a subtle and slippery customer. [...]