A dissenter; a nonconformist. Comes from the name used for the Roman Catholics in England who incurred legal and social penalties in the 16th century and afterward for refusing to attend services of the Church of England.

A disorder of memory in which dreams or fantasies are confused with reality.

Threatening; menacing.

A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually.

The study of the methodological principles of interpretation (as the Bible).

An absence of oxygen reaching living tissues.

An instrument for measuring the rain that falls; a rain gauge.

Mother,

You’ve been given an easy way to think about how you feel about George W. Bush’s foreign policy, and especially our actions in Iraq.

If one of your grandchildren was killed there, could you tell yourself honestly that they died for the cause of freedom and justice?

That’s all. That’s the only question you need to answer.

Think about it.
—Bob

The study of heritable changes in gene function, stemming from environmental effects, that occur without a change in the DNA sequence.

A stupid or lethargic person.