Gabriel Marcel (1889 1973), like Heidegger, was concerned with the nature of Being as it appears to human being, but he tried to show that there are experiences of love, joy, hope and faith which, as understood from within, give us reason to believe in an inexhaustible Presence, which is God.
Why then today do we expect corporate executives or "market professionals" to cure the disorders of anarchic market capitalism -- which, as Theodore Roosevelt understood, responds only to democratic oversight?
Which, as I understood it, was precisely what Mr Obama had already said publicly whenever a reporter could get him to interrupt a paean to Change for a discussion of policy details.
It represented a historic shift from communism, which had considerably diminished appeal in Yugoslavia, to nationalism, which as Milosevic understood could more effectively sway public emotions.
Robert Wrigley mentioned Billy Collins's vivid "Osso Bucco," which, as I understand it, is a notoriously difficult dish to make.
And if no wry acknowledgment was forthcoming, be like, Uh, I am not exactly dressed for standing on the moon, which, as I understand it, is super-cold?
It is an idea both radical and simple, which, as Mosley understands, is exactly the sort of idea America was founded on, and that Americans instinctively rally round.
"If we are able to make people less obese, if we lessen the rate of childhood heart disease, it's going to save taxpayer money, which as I understand it is a bedrock principal of conservative politics," he said.
Which, as I understand it, was by no means uniformly distributed across the company, but which clearly started at the top.
HBO is working toward hosting the 3D world premiere of the movie Inception, which, as I understand it, isn't too bad at all.
Or, what a minute maybe it has something to do with that Apple tablet, which, as I understand it, will bring peace on Earth for all eternity?
