Continuing the debate from “The Shaming Sham,” by Carl F. Horowitz (March-April 1997).
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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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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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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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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 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?
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Essay: Web of Paradox
The language of our emerging digital culture suggests adventure, daring, and unprecedented novelty, while we sit comfortably at our desks, alone, communing with our computer screens. Are we being taken in by our own metaphors?
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Is God a Republican?: Why Politics Is Dangerous for Religion
The Christian Coalition has made a dangerous gamble by associating faith with the Republican Party. If God blesses us only as Republicans or Democrats, both politics and religion are in trouble.