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Baby Boomers at a Crossroads John A. Challenger
Category: Economics Published: January 2006
"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn."
 
Do Not Cry for the Crescent City Christopher Malone
Category: Life in America Published: January 2006
"If New Orleans lacks material wealth, it possesses a cultural richness . . . a certain nobility . . . that defies description."
 
Enjoying the Magic of the Seasons Throughout the Year
Category: Museums Today Published: January 2006
The exhibition, "Spirit of the Holidays," illulminates the season with charming, rarely seen examples of Tasho Tudor's original art for greeting cards and children's books created for those special celebrations. . . ."
 
How Van Gogh Influenced--and Was Influenced by--the Art of Drawing
Category: Museums Today Published: January 2006
While Rembrandt, Delacroix, and Daumier had a great impact on him, others, such as Matisse and Klee, were early beneficiaries of his example.
 
Is the Food Scarcity Scare for Real? Lester R. Brown
Category: Ecology Published: January 2006
"Many Americans see terrorism as the principal threat to security but, for much of humanity, the effects of water shortages and rising temperatures on food availability are far more important issues."
 
Medicaid: America's Undisputed Boondoggle Champion Michael F. Cannon
Category: National Affairs Published: January 2006
Its costs--both seen and unseen--are enormous, as the 40-year-old Federal initiative "now is bigger than Medicare (the Federal health program for the elderly and disabled) and is the single largest item in state budgets, even more so than. . .education."
 
Sticking to the Ultimate New Year's Resolution Carol Forman Helerstein
Category: Medicine & Health Published: January 2006
Carbs are good and fat can be our friend if we would just learn to make nice with these vital macronutrients.
 
Straightening Out U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East Chuck Hagel
Category: Worldview Published: January 2006
"In this new era of possibilities and responsibilities, the U.S. will require a wider lens view of how the global community sees us, so that we can better understand the world and our role in it."
 
The Silver Screen's Restless Icon
Category: USA Yesterday Published: January 2006
"Marlon Brando changed the way actors acted; James Dean changed the way people lived."
 
Why Women Still Feel Persecuted Judity R. Shapiro
Category: American Thought Published: January 2006
". . . It is not acceptable for women to have to make difficult choices between work and family so much more often than men do. . . . To that end, we need to rearrange the ideas in our heads and the institutions of our society."