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State of the Debate: The White Rage
Why has extremist violence exploded on the right? A historical look at the evolution of populist rage.
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State of the Debate: The Case Against “Civility”
Can’t we all just get along? Not when “civility” is just a genteel way to mask the inevitable tensions and antagonisms of democratic society.
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Controversy: The Virtues of Humiliation
Continuing the debate from “The Shaming Sham,” by Carl F. Horowitz (March-April 1997).
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Ally McBeal’s Younger Sisters
Why do the young women on television act so childishly—especially when the children are so adult?
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The Sexual Counterrevolution
The sexual revolution brought excess as well as progress. In the aftermath of AIDS, a new puritanism threatens to repeal both.
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State of the Debate: Back to Boys’ School
Tender anecdotes about elite all-boys’ schools have ignited efforts to expand single-sex education to Americans from all backgrounds. But there’s another side of the story.
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Below the Beltway
I n a recent address to the Catholic Press Association, Bob Dole sketched out a culturally conservative agenda on social issues. But when it came to welfare, Dole, at one point, portrayed teenage mothers with rare charity: “We are just beginning to recognize that perhaps half of the fathers of [their] babies are grown men, […]
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The Porter Prescription
Michael Porter, management consultant extraordinaire, has now brought his theory of competitive advantage to the inner city. Bold new ideas — or an old elixir in a new bottle?
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Screening a La Carte
Instead of a single TV rating system, why not let the PTA and the Christian Coalition — and anyone else — create their own?
