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For some time now, scholars like W. Bradford Wilcox at the University of Virginia and Charles Murray of the American Enterprise Institute have been telling us that marriage is becoming an upper class phenomenon. More accurately, they have been pointi ...
1. Government Shutdown a show of political theater with genuine political issues at stake Our Democracy Is at Stake, New York Times (Thomas Friedman) Maybe It Would Be Better To Shut Down the Government Now Than Shut Down a Bigger Government La ...
1) Politics important but not ultimate: 3 sobering realities about the government shutdown House G.O.P. Stands Firm on Shutdown, but Dissent Grows, New York Times (Jeremy Peters) Defiant Obama blames government shutdown on GOP ‘ideological crus ...
Former President George H. W. Bush and his wife Barbara attended a wedding a few days ago, and it made national news. According to The Washington Post, the elder Bushes attended the wedding of Bonnie Clement and Helen Thorgalsen, held at Kennebunkpor ...
1) Obamacare one of the most significant and morally complicated pieces of legislation in history Birth Control and a Boss’s Religious Views, New York Times (Editorial) 2) World leaders cannot be understood without understanding their worldview ...
Several years ago, sociologist Peter Berger argued that secularization has been most pervasive in two social locations—Western Europe and the American college and university campus. The campuses of elite educational institutions are among the most t ...
1) The pseudo-event: Government functioning by threatening not to function Government Heads Toward Shutdown, Wall Street Journal (Janet Hook and Kristina Peterson) House pushes U.S. to the edge of a shutdown, Washington Post (Lori Montgomery, P ...
1) Real crisis isn't looming fed shutdown - real crisis is unwillingness to deal with economic problems House G.O.P. Leaders List Conditions for Raising Debt Ceiling, New York Times (Jonathan Weisman and Ashley Parker) Boehner Weighs GOP Option ...
1) Leader's must be clear. President Obama has not been. President Obama at the United Nations, New York Times (Editorial) For Obama, an Evolving Doctrine on Foreign Policy, New York Times (David Sanger) 2) Obama increasingly restrained by ...