Features
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Liberty, Community, and the National Idea
Is a renewed emphasis on the value of community the answer to our political woes? Not if it's defined in purely local terms.
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Will Class Trump Gender?: The New Assault on Feminism
"Goodbye, feminism," say some critics who insist that women can prosper as rugged individualists. Funny thing, the new antifeminists sound a lot like the old laissez-faire conservatives.
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A Secure System
A former commissioner of Social Security explains how to save it.
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The Aging Opportunity: America's Elderly as a Civic Resource
The aging of American society is almost always seen as a problem, but the elderly may be our only growing natural resource -- provided we create new ways to mobilize their civic energies.
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The Balanced Budget Trap
Absolute budget balance has become orthodoxy; a constitutional amendment to enforce it may pass Congress even if Democrats win the elections. but look at the costs.
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The Great Social Security Scare
Advocates of privatization are using the financial stress of the baby boomers' retirement to undo the advances that Social Security has brought. Relieving the financial pressures, however, has become a phony excuse for privatization.
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Of Economists and Liberals
A reply to Robert Kuttner, "Peddling Krugman," September-October 1996.
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Devil in the Details
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Of Our Time: A Liberal Dunkirk?
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How Low Can You Go?
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The Other Edmund Wilson
Today there is no shortage of writing about literature or of literature about writing. But there used to be writing that was about both.
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Conceding Success
Several recent studies show that two major undertakings of progressive government -- environmental regulation and public education -- have been far more successful than widely believed.
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Yes, Union
Labor's message to liberals: Rumors of our irrelevance have been much exaggerated.
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Eyes on the Street: Community Policing in Chicago
It's now the favorite remedy for urban crime, but a visit to the front lines in Chicago suggests how hard it is to make community policing work.
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Multimedia and Multiple Intelligences
New multimedia technology could do a lot for children if educators recognize diverse intelligences that schools traditionally haven't favored.
