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A Soiled Existence in the Soviet Union Jennifer Ciotta
Category: Literary Scene Published: May 2012
Going to school was like going from grey to grey, concrete to concrete, boring to boring. Our life was waiting in line for bread and toilet paper. I had never experienced biting into a fresh vegetable because our stores were vacant most of the time.
 
Abolish the Department of Education Charles Murray
Category: Education Published: May 2012
The Federal government's track record in education: no improvement shown by students at a cost of billions and billions of dollars.
 
Blacklist Beauties Worth Savoring Wes D. Gehring
Category: Mass Media Published: May 2012
The beauty of "High Noon" and "Kiss Me Deadly," as in all art that taps into universal truths, is that the viewer could miss every metaphorical McCarthy-era Cold War subtext and still savor the films on a purely mind candy entertainment level.
 
Bruce Is Still the Boss
Category: Focus on Music Published: May 2012
I just didn't fit. I was running through a maze. Rock and roll was never a hobby. It was a reason to live. It was the only one I had.
 
Gas Tanks and Ballot Boxes Raymond J. Learsy
Category: Political Landscape Published: May 2012
The Obama Administration and its Justice Department are in dereliction of their responsibilities, being the oblivious cops on the beat while one of the biggest heists ever continues to pick billions out of our collective pockets.
 
Going for the Gold Edmund C. Moy
Category: Economics Published: May 2012
Somehow, my stock certificates, electronic accounts, and insurance policies do not generate the same sense of pride and connection to my country's history as the gold American Eagle and Buffalo coins that I own.
 
Heaven Can't Wait--or Can it? Vaishali
Category: Spiritualism Published: May 2012
When the computer announced 30 seconds till touchdown, and still no sight of the runway, the copilot turned to the pilot and said, "The computer's joking, right?"
 
In Search of the Big Answer Marya Hornbacher
Category: Religion Published: May 2012
Answers, comfort, and healing do come, if we remain open to their arrival. We have only to wait.
 
Is There No Way Out? William McGurn
Category: National Affairs Published: May 2012
Public sector unions have become a vanguard movement within liberalism. There is no connection between effort and reward. You are guaranteed your job and a salary increase. There is a kind of bureaucratic equality.
 
Mandatory Caps on Medical Malpractice Could Doom Patients Shirley Svorny
Category: Medicine & Health Published: May 2012
Caps on damages would reduce physicians' and insurance carriers' incentives to keep track of and reduce practice risk.
 
Mansion with a View Robert M. Danno
Category: Law & Justice Published: May 2012
Disciplinary action was referred back to the very same people who violated the agency's primary mission, policy, and law in the first place. The US Attorney and Inspector General were asking the National Park Service to discipline itself.
 
Move or Improve? Dan Fritschen
Category: Real Estate Published: May 2012
Whether you remodel or move to a new home, it is a big decision, both financially and emotionally.
 
Sorry Is the Hardest Word Richard E. Vatz
Category: Life in America Published: May 2012
When public policy issue debate leads to nasty, irrelevant personal attack, as mandated insurance for contraception has in the case of Rush Limbaugh, opponents will turn the issue to the untowardness of the attack and ignore the points at issue.
 
Supreme Court Knocks Down Agency Barriers to Judicial Review Jonathan W. Emord
Category: Law & Justice Published: May 2012
Until we treat Federal agencies as equal before the law with those they accuse, we never will see justice meted out with impartiality.
 
The Burden of Life after Stroke Dara G. Jamieson
Category: Medicine & Health Published: May 2012
Many stroke survivors feel alienated and alone. The physical, emotional, and mental devastation that accompany a stroke, and the hard work and dedication that go into recuperation, are unlike any other medical experience.
 
The Changing Face of Baseball Cards Wayne M. Barrett
Category: Athletic Arena Published: May 2012
Today, too many people play the race card so casually and with so little thought; they would do well to remember the determination and humility displayed by those who really did have something to complain about.
 
This Land Is their Land Richard L. Gordon
Category: Public Policy Published: May 2012
The Democrats and their reform proposals for Federal land management fail to address the underlying problems that have contributed to regulatory dysfunction. They veer off into tangential campaigns against oil imports, consumption, & climate change.
 
Visons of Arcadia
Category: Museums Today Published: May 2012
This powerful exhibition explores this classical theme and its place in the development of modern art.
 
Water Reuse Finding Its Flow LeChevallier
Category: Ecology Published: May 2012
While water reuse cannot address all of the nation's water challenges, its potential to expand our existing, increasingly strained water supply to meet growing demand makes resue a critical part of any viable solution.
 
Winning the Tug of War with Doctors for your Kids Haleh Resnick
Category: Medicine & Health Published: May 2012
Making the appointments took hours. Call. Get transferred. Transferred again. Wrong department. Get disconnected. Get an appointment months away. Get primary doctor to call to make it sooner. Call back. Lunch break. Transferred. Wrong department.