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As Natural Looking as Nature Itself Whitney Barlow , Joan Kelly Bernard
Category: Museums Today Published: March 2012
An iconic museum restores its famous Hall of North American Mammals.
 
Have Baby Sitter Will Travel Candi Wingate
Category: Life in America Published: March 2012
"Clear, up-front communication before and during vacation lays the foundation for a wonderful journey for everyone."
 
Herbert Hoover (not FDR) Is the Real Father of the New Deal Steven Horwitz
Category: American Thought Published: March 2012
". . . The persistence of the Hoover myth [of a laissez faire presidency] continues to justify the counterproductive policies of the Obama Administration and thereby prevents markets from generating the economic recovery of which they are fully capable."
 
Hitting Home: How the Runaway Explosion Haunts Adults Maureen Blaha
Category: Life in America Published: March 2012
". . . We need to ensure our nation's at-risk kids have a fighting chance at safe and fulfilling lives as teenagers--and adults."
 
How Free Market Principles Can Help to Fix a Broken System Stephen J. Schulhofer , David D. Friedman
Category: Law & Justice Published: March 2012
"A voucher system [would] provide indigent defendants with freedom of choice and . . . Attorneys with the same incentive to serve their clients that lawyers always have had when they represent those other than the poor."
 
How Science--Especially Physics--Has Lost Its Way Becky Brasfield
Category: Science & Technology Published: March 2012
". . . Having the grandiosity to believe that one's positions on any given topic are 'incontrovertible' not only is completely absurd, it markes the beginning of the end of pure science."
 
It Always Comes Back to China--and America Alexander Scipio
Category: Literary Scene Published: March 2012
From the Middle Ages to today, Arabs have been unable to fight the superior forces, weaponry & discipline of the West. The countries of the East, on the other hand, have proven masterful at importing whatever technology is required to defeat any opponent.
 
Peddle Power Stuart Baird , Robert van der Plas
Category: Science & Technology Published: March 2012
". . . Throughout all phases of [the bicycle's] history, technical improvements are a constant."
 
Prayers God Answers Jason Frenn
Category: Religion Published: March 2012
"There is something more important than faith--a sincere heart."
 
Remembering Uncle Al (Capone, That Is) Deirdre Marie Capone
Category: USA Yesterday Published: March 2012
 
Searching for a "New Feminism" Harvey C. Mansfield
Category: Life in America Published: March 2012
"The old feminism tries to overcome . . . Basic truth by compelling us to live under the aegis of gender neutrality. It sounds like liberation, but it is not."
 
Solving the Sociopath Vaishali
Category: Psychology Published: March 2012
"Shame is a physiological and emotional booby trap this predator has left behind. Do not step on it. Do not deploy it. Defuse, dismantle, and discard it."
 
State of the Disunion Jonathan W. Emord
Category: Political Landscape Published: March 2012
". . . If the U.S. is to survive, recover, and prosper in the next half-decade, it must do so without [Pres. Barack] Obama, because it cannot do so with him."
 
The (Parenting) Rules Have Changed--or Have They? Jenny Lauck , Susan Wagner , Alice Bradley
Category: Life in America Published: March 2012
". . . This idea that there is only one thing better than having a baby, and that is having a smart baby, [is] almost unbearably sad."
 
The Consequences Wrought by Greedy Financiers James W. Thomson
Category: Economics Published: March 2012
"In terms of income inequality, the U.S. now lags behind most of Western Europe, while the nations that are closest to the U.S. are Russia (run by its oligarchs) and Iran (with its mullahs)."
 
The Darker the Merrier Wes D. Gehring
Category: Mass Media Published: March 2012
Dexter is a serial killer in a cable television program that evokes the best elements of cinima's persistent pursuit of black comedy.
 
The Way We Worked
Category: Focus Published: March 2012
"The images . . . often reveal . . . how social forces such as immigration, gender, ethnicity, class, and technology have transformed the workforce."
 
This Church Victory Is a Win for Everyone Jonathan W. Emord
Category: National Affairs Published: March 2012
"A government instituted among men to protect the rights of the governed must respect freedom of conscience in matters of religion equally and must leave organization and practices of religion beyond the reach of the state."
 
What Surprises Will the Rest of 2012 Bring? Noreena Hertz
Category: Worldview Published: March 2012
"In a complex and intertwined world such as ours, the unexpected is bound to happen. Just think back over the past year or so."
 
Why Reaganomics Reflects America's True Character Phil Gramm
Category: American Thought Published: March 2012
"The real danger today is not merely a loss of prosperity, but a loss of the kind of character on which prosperity is based."
 
With Only Seconds to Spare Tim Samaras
Category: Science & Technology Published: March 2012
". . . Chasing tornadoes in the trees at night . . . well, that is crazy."