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"Shrink"-ing the Mind Dolores T. Puterbaugh
Category: Psychology Published: March 2008
Does psychotherapy work? Yes. It depends. What do you mean by "work"?
 
An Invisible Hunger Sandra Lee
Category: Life in America Published: March 2008
"Children in this country who face [hunger] do not have wide eyes and bloated bellies, but come in all shapes, sizes, and ethnicities. They live among us in our communities and are closer than you think."
 
Being His Grandfather's Son
Category: American Thought Published: March 2008
"You can't choose right and wrong, you've got to choose between right and wrong," says Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. ". . . Too many people think that life and liberty are about their frivolous pleasures."
 
Blackouts Seen in a New Light Donald F. Sweeney
Category: Law & Justice Published: March 2008
". . . If a person in a blackout cannot form intent, it is nothing less than a revolution in criminal justice."
 
Faith's Fate in the Presidential Primaries Adam Hamilton
Category: Religion Published: March 2008
"A recent poll found that 60.7% of those with an opinion believe it important that the president be a religious individual, and roughly half of all respondents indicate that their personal religious faith always or sometimes guides their political views."
 
Global Warming: Man-Made or Natural? S. Fred Singer
Category: Ecology Published: March 2008
". . . Sound science and good sense [must] prevail in the face of irrational and scientifically baseless climate fears."
 
Nature's "Kindred Spirits"
Category: Museums Today Published: March 2008
"[Asher B. Durand] belonged to a generation of artists who felt a special kinship to landscape. [His] entire body of work expresses quintessential ideals about environment, national character, and the wonders of untamed nature."
 
Psychiatry's Valid but Dishonest Reconsiderations Richard E. Vatz , Jeffrey A. Schaler
Category: Psychology Published: March 2008
"Much of the newest wave of psychiatric self-criticism is salutary and headed in the right direction; the problem is the field's unwillingness to credit the psychiatrist who paved the way."
 
Rhythms of India
Category: The World Yesterday Published: March 2008
Sixty years after India's independence, this exhibition highlights the ideals of the visionaries who succeeded in its achievement.
 
School Choice's Ace in the Hole Adam Schaeffer
Category: National Affairs Published: March 2008
"School Choice is the destination and education tax credits are what will get us there."
 
The Corruption of Democracy in Venezuela Gustavo Coronel
Category: Worldview Published: March 2008
Under Pres. Hugo Chavez's regime the last nine years, corruption has reached heights undreamed of by even the greediest of despots, as the people of Venezuela have been fleeced out of billions of dollars.
 
The Truth About Sammy Marshall Woody
Category: Literary Scene Published: March 2008
"Her kind features . . . bore death absurdly in the [flashlight's] beam. One hand protruded from the piling snow, with the wrist turned toward the head as though she were about to flip a stray hair from her eye."
 
There's Always Hope
Category: Medicine & Health Published: March 2008
"Each piece of art allows you to discover the patient's personal health histories and the courage necessary to cope with the healing process."
 
Understanding Prominent Politicians Through Their Signatures Arlyn Imberman
Category: Science & Technology Published: March 2008
". . . Every time they pick up a pen to sign their name, certain character traits are revealed [by] handwriting style."
 
What Is with Venezuela? Lori Zett
Category: Worldview Published: March 2008
"If it hadn't been Hugo Chavez, it would have been somebody else. Someone had to arrive who could disassemble so much hypocrisy, such malignancy, such perverse selfishness."