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A Depressing Outlook for Teenagers Richard E. Vatz , Jeffrey A. Schaler
Category: Psychology Published: July 2009
"Nationwide screening of adolescents for depression is a nightmare whose time, we should hope, has not come."
 
A Prescription for American Health Care John C. Goodman
Category: National Affairs Published: July 2009
Continuing on our current path--allowing health care costs to rise at twice the rate of income under the aegis of an unworkable government Ponzi scheme--is . . . unreasonable."
 
Charting the Business of Think Tanks Murray Weidenbaum
Category: Business & Finance Published: July 2009
". . . Supporting a think tank is a direct way of enhancing the opportunity for a donor to gain knowledge of public issues and to insert the company's position into the public debate."
 
How Christianity Shaped the West Dinesh D'Souza
Category: Religion Published: July 2009
"If we cherish what is distinctive about Western civilization, then--whatever our religious convictions--we should respect, rather than denigrate, its Christian roots."
 
If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It Patrick Toomey
Category: Economics Published: July 2009
". . . If half of the population believes that it is entitled to have someone else pay for government, we should not be surprised if public support for economic freedom continues to erode."
 
Obamacare: Seven Bad Ideas for Health Care Reform Michael Tanner
Category: Medicine & Health Published: July 2009
"If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free."
 
Picturing America Bruce Cole
Category: USA Yesterday Published: July 2009
"[The exhibition] helps us understand our democracy by reintroducing us to our common heritage and ideals. It . . . Provides an innovative way to experience U.S. history through our nation's art."
 
Predicting the Perils of Climate Change
Category: Ecology Published: July 2009
The sky may not be falling, but it certainly is heating up if a number of nervous scientists are to be believed.
 
Preparing for the New School Year: Success Begins at Home Christine C. Kim
Category: Education Published: July 2009
". . . Decisionmakers seeking effective education reform should consider policies that strengthen family structure in the U.S. and bolster parental involvement and choice in education."
 
Skies Alive
Category: Focus on Nature Published: July 2009
". . . The exhibit will open up people's eyes to the beauty of birds and the enjoyment of bird-watching as a hobby, as well as heighten concern for the environment."
 
Stars of Summer Descend on St. Louis Wayne M. Barrett
Category: Athletic Arena Published: July 2009
Can the National League's mid-summer night's dream team finally prevail in the All-Star Game?
 
The Favor Marshall Woody
Category: Literary Scene Published: July 2009
"I will be buried with my husband," she said, throwing me completely off. "I can't stand the thought of our daugher being buried with us."
 
The Universe Does Not Revolve Around You--or Does It? Dolores T. Puterbaugh
Category: American Thought Published: July 2009
". . . Two generations of 'your opinion is worth as much as anyone else's has come home to roost."
 
To the End--or at Least Top--of the Earth Tom Avery
Category: Worldview Published: July 2009
Global warming has transformed the Arctic ice peak and the early arrival of summer means that it's not possible to make the return journey to the Pole and back and in the next decade, thin ice will make it dangerous to journey from land to the North Pole.
 
What Did You Say? Richard Lederer
Category: Life in America Published: July 2009
"Let us hope that American English does not turn into a bland, homogenized, pasteurized, assembly line product. May our bodacious language remain tasty and nourishing--full of flavor, variety, and local ingredients."
 
Will World Population Implode? James W. Thomson
Category: The World Today Published: July 2009
The implication is that the declining white populations of the Western nations will be replaced by mostly nonwhite immigrants and their descendents in a drawn-out scenario reminiscent of the disappearance of the Neanderthals from Europe 30,000 years ago.