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15 Sep 2008, 10:34 pm
Drawing on two millennia of legal, philosophical, and political sources from a range of Western countries, Foundations is an impressive work of comparative and historical scholarship. [read post]
3 Sep 2008, 10:48 am
Lots of teenage girls get pregnant and any history on human sexuality shows this has been the case for millennia. [read post]
1 Sep 2008, 7:40 am
The objectionable paragraph then said: "[Darwin] used the same layers of fossils that had supported the Genesis view of evolution to show the slow changes that are taking place over the millennia of earth history, each small change enabling a species to the rigours of it's (sic) environment - the struggle for survival through natural selection leading to the survival of the fittest. [read post]
4 Aug 2008, 12:20 pm
The border search exception to the 4th Amendment's warrant requirement is simply an application of a principle that has been around for centuries, probably millennia - ever since a sovereign claimed title to territory and wanted to control what was coming into and leaving that territory.The exception encompasses two kinds of border searches: Routine border searches, which are the ones you've probably seen and maybe experienced if you've crossed international borders. [read post]
29 May 2008, 1:19 pm
The core is any array of objects from the Ancient Mesopotamian, spanning the millennia from 2000 to the time of Alexander the Great. [read post]
23 May 2008, 6:49 pm
Indeed, for millennia (and well before the Internet), people have been sending false messages to each other as part of some manipulative effort (Les Liaisons Dangereuses comes to mind, but we could find countless other examples). [read post]
23 May 2008, 8:16 am
(It's especially timely for me because it's the subject of the Constitutional Law exam I'm working on grading right now... as I take a break to blog.)For nearly two millennia, the Western tradition has included polygamy among the crimes that are inherently wrong. [read post]
23 Apr 2008, 11:01 am
“What we’re doing is taking advantage of millennia of evolution that enabled Listeria to infect human immune systems, and an equal amount of evolution that enables humans to get rid of Listeria once this occurs. [read post]
8 Apr 2008, 2:19 am
Vitus, is a masterpiece of architecture, built over several millennia but almost impossible to tell the breaks in construction between the eras. [read post]
16 Mar 2008, 1:14 pm
It has existed for decades (perhaps millennia in the form of tribal initiation rites) and in its worst forms is a loathsome and even dangerous activity.Maine is one of the states in which hazing is illegal, and last summer, after discovering photos on the Internet of members drinking alcohol, dressing in costumes and making obscene gestures at a "rookie party," the University of Maine appropriately suspended the entire women's softball team.Yet we are left to wonder at the… [read post]
19 Nov 2007, 8:38 am
McPherson said, "The formation we are injecting into holds carbon dioxide that's been there for millennia. [read post]
18 Nov 2007, 6:06 pm
View the article hereSubmit, Ye Citizens, Silently to State Murderby Jeff KnaebelINTRODUCTION The U.S. [read post]
17 Nov 2007, 8:06 am
Most Americans in this era, like most people throughout the millennia preceding that era, lived in small towns or villages. [read post]
16 Nov 2007, 5:48 am
At the same time, many youngsters are now prosecuted and/or subjected to public shaming for behaviors that young people (including most of today's adults when they were young) have engaged in for millennia without public stigma.The "clergy abuse scandal" and the almost daily sensationalist coverage of allegations of sex abuse in the media, has led to due-process simply vanishing where sex is alleged. [read post]
12 Nov 2007, 12:57 am
We are reminded of the phrase that there are no permanent alliances, only permanent interests, and these are traceable back in human history over millennia. [read post]
11 Nov 2007, 10:01 pm
"Nunavut" means "our land" in the Inuktitut language, and the territory "has been home to Inuit for millennia and part of Canada for more than a century," according the the website of the Government of Nunavut, which "now provides a wide range of services tailored to the unique needs of approximately 29,500 residents. [read post]
10 Nov 2007, 1:35 am
However, I believe the Bible is a moral document, and since debates over "what is moral" and "what is just" date back millennia, only a fool would ignore it or deny its historical relevance to western jurisprudence or as a moral touchstone.On the question of corroboration, I think the ancient Jews got it right, not just for snitches but also for eyewitnesses, whose testimony may often be flawed from either error or secret motivations. [read post]
23 Oct 2007, 11:50 pm
The holy city of Jerusalem has been central to the spirituality and destiny of Jews for millennia. [read post]
17 Oct 2007, 8:37 am
” “I have a basis for dissent,” Scalia replied: “Several millennia of Catholic practice. [read post]
25 Sep 2007, 1:04 pm
The award was made by the General Services Administration's Federal Systems Integration and Management Center (FEDSIM) under the Millennia Lite contract vehicle. [read post]
