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In schools across Scandinavia, students studied literature and folk cultures to identify their own emotions, wounds, and weaknesses, in order to become the complex human beings that modern society required. The "research ideal" supplanted the earlier humanistic ideal of cultivating the whole student. Schools began to abandon moral formation in the 1940s and '50s, as the education historian B. Edward McClellan chronicles in Moral Education in America: "By the 1960s deliberate moral education was in full-scale retreat" as educators "paid more attention to the SAT scores of their students, and middle-class parents scrambled to find schools that would give their children the best chances to qualify for elite colleges and universities.". [Extracted from the article]

Patients can trust the doctor because they know the doctor serves life. Within a few years, Canada went from being a country that had banned assisted suicide to being one of the loosest regimes in the world. Within a few years, Canada went from being a country that had banned assisted suicide to being one of the loosest regimes in the world. If autonomy-based liberals believe that society works best when it opens up individual options, gifts-based liberals believe that society works best when it creates ecologies of care that help people address difficulties all along the path of life. [Extracted from the article]

Bono's memoir can be read as a spiritual adventure story, a Pilgrim's Progress with superyachts and supermodels (or as Bono jokes, "The pilgrim's lack of progress"). One day I was riding around Dublin with Bono in a tiny Fiat, and the thought occurred to me: Bono's a little like that. Features Bono was 14 when his grandfather died. GLO:161i/01dec22:43n1.jpg PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE): Opening photo: Bono in Cork, Ireland, 1980. gl GLO:161i/01dec22:45n1.jpg PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE): Above: U2 in Chicago during their first American tour in 1981 (left to right: Adam Clayton, The Edge, Bono, and Larry Mullen Jr.). gl GLO:161i/01dec22:48n1.jpg PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE): BONO'S INFLUENCES Though best known as a musician, Bono is also a visual artist. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the economic, social, and cultural power of the elite class in the U.S. which may be called X people or bobos. Topics explored include the presence of this class in various sectors ranging from education to technology, the economic and educational background of creative individuals belonging to this class, and the evolution of the class structure in the U.S.

I consider myself closely aligned with what David Brooks calls "gifts-based liberalism", yet I support the Canadian MAID policy. DISCUSSION & DEBATE The Canadian Way of Death The nation legalized assisted suicide - and exposed the limits of liberalism, David Brooks wrote in the June 2023 issue. The public debate over Canada's MAID policy has been much richer than David Brooks suggests, more subtle and humane than the bald assumptions he attributes to "autonomy-based liberalism" - that "I am a piece of property" and "the purpose of my life … is to be happy.". [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the history of the nuclear family. Topics discussed include overview on the era of extended clans, the disintegration of the nuclear family, disadvantages of the nuclear-family structure for women, redefinition of kinship, and the evolution of nuclear families to forged families.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to the article "The Obama Doctrine," by Jeffrey Goldberg, on U.S. foreign policy under the administration of President Barack Obama.

The article presents several American or worldwide trends, political movements, innovations, and phenomena occurring in 2009 and 2010. Authors comment on climate negotiations, the American identity, free speech, and unmanned air crafts. Other issues include educational reform, partisanship, and handheld electronic devices to soothe boredom.

The article presents essays on popular issues of the early 21st Century. Essay topics include the economic stability of the United States, the opinions of notable figures in Congress, the conduct of college students, the Defense Authorization Bill, New Age spirituality, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, the significance of a midlife crisis, the taxation of savings accounts, the psychology of war, voter apathy, and the governance of the European Union.

The author discusses the schematic division of the U.S. into red and blue states, and recounts his exploration of a rural county sixty-five miles from his home, in order to better understand aspects of American culture with which he was unfamiliar. He recounts various particular differences between these two American sub-cultures, and uses the analogy of cliques in a high-school cafeteria to describe the trivial yet persistent nature of the cultural division.

The article focuses on a generation of superachieving young men and women in United States' elite schools. According to the article, this type of student was born between the years 1979 to 1982 and has no real concept of war or international conflict. The typical stages of childhood for this generation are examined including infancy, elementary school and playtime. Details are given for this generations' moral life and social obligations.

The article presents advice to the seven Democratic congresspeople running for president in the 2004 elections. No congressperson has won the office in the past four decades, though 49 have run. Tips include: remember you are appealing to voters, not politicians, pretend to not care about politics, distance yourself from the past, and seem radical, but act conservative.

The article argues that while the U.S. might be a diverse nation when considered as a whole, block by block and institution by institution it is a relatively homogeneous nation. People are less often tied down to factories and mills, and they can search for places to live on the basis of cultural affinity. Once they find a town in which people share their values, they flock there, and reinforce whatever was distinctive about the town in the first place.

The article presents a profile of Tony Blair, Prime Minister of Great Britain. His personality is described as a surprisingly harmonious mix of contrary tendencies, such as pragmatism and utopian idealism. Blair's experience as a young man playing in and promoting rock bands in the early 1970's is described alongside his abiding Christian beliefs. His childhood and success as a politician are also analyzed.

The article looks at suicide bombing in the Israel-Palestinian conflict. According to the article, suicide bombing is the crack cocaine of warfare because it unleashes the deepest and most addictive human passions, which is the thirst for vengeance, the desire for religious purity, the longing for earthly glory, and eternal salvation. The article discusses the problems with the idea of a buffer zone between Israel and Palestine.

The author reflects on the image of flabby affluence he sees in the suburbs of the United States and asks whether such a soft people is capable of military greatness. The views of historian Victor Davis Hanson are cited on this topic. The Americans of the 21st century are contrasted with those of previous centuries.

Various letters to the editor are presented for the article "The Confidence Gap" by Katty Kay and Claire Shipman from the May 2014 issue and the article "Segregation Now..." by Nikole Hannah-Jones from the May 2014 issue.

The article discusses the horrors of totalitarian regimes such as that of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. Comparisons are made between the tactics of the Soviets, Nazis and Baathists, all of whom used torture and murder to demoralize and control the populations they sought to rule. The writings of Hannah Arendt on these topics are cited. The difficulty of creating a functioning democracy in a land where the population has been systematically brutalized for many years is discussed.

The article discusses the essay "Democratic Vistas," by Walt Whitman. The author cites its literary incoherence and disorganization, but also its power as an American political sermon. The article discusses Whitman's arguments in the essay, which pertain to the positive elements of the American Civil War.

The article discusses what the author calls "retro-sexism," or a revival of sexism in American culture. The article suggests that this revival is a product of masculinity in crisis, or even a self-conscious and deliberately ironic joke. It is suggested that feminists and enlightened thinkers are unable to deal with this trend, mainly because no one can determine how seriously to take the trend. Examples of retro-sexism in popular culture are provided.

The article discusses secularization and religion in the 21st century. The author claims that the theory of secularization, which contends that reason replaces religion as history progresses, is untrue. The author points to the growing numbers of different religions to support his point, and outlines what he calls the "six steps in the recovery process" for people who believed in the theory of secularization.

The article analyzes the merits of a report entitled "Global Trends 2015," which was released by the U.S. Central Investigation Agency (CIA) in 2000. The article discusses such issues as the report's exclusion of human influence on global trends and the predictions and misjudgments of the CIA. The article also discusses the impact of rational and "scientific" thinking on the report.

The article discusses the process of imagination, with reference to the book 'The Way We Think: Conceptual Blending and the Mind's Hidden Complexities,' by Gilles Fauconnier and Mark Turner. The superiority of the human brain over computers in imagining, the role of imagination in blending realistic knowledge, and the natural creativity of the brain are discussed.

The article offers a look at elitism in the United States. The author suggests that Americans are raised by loving parents who praise them too much. An imagined meeting between an anthropologist and a traveling businessman is presented. The author argues that human beings are motivated primarily by a desire for recognition.

The article focuses on the different ideologies between the technological revolution of the late 1990s and the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Details regarding the decentralizing optimism of the 1990s centered in Silicon Valley, California, is contrasted with the post 9/11 concerns for authority and virtues. The changing definitions and connotations to the word throughout English history are highlighted.

The article focuses on the liberal views of theologian and writer Reinhold Niebuhr on war and international conflict. Niebuhr's essays about the beliefs of the Social Gospel activists are highlighted. Niebuhr's lectures on his view of Christian realism and a later published work "The Nature and Destiny of Man," are mentioned. Details are also given for Niebuhr's position on communism.

The article looks at Yasir Arafat, the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Arafat, the article states, embodies all of the ideological factions within the Palestinian population and thus is able to rally them all. According to the article, the way to isolate Arafat politically--an action that is necessary for a workable peace settlement in the Middle East--may not be to attack him head-on, but rather to choke off his money supply.

The article argues that in spite of fears of a raising a generation of children untoughened by hardship or challenge, modern middle-class life creates a group of strivers bent on achievement in a meritocratic society. Virtue and character are achieved gradually and must be maintained through a relentless struggle for self-improvement.

The article discusses the political, intellectual and social controversies that will shape the 21st century. Issues mentioned include restoring human nature through biotechnology, globalization, and inequality. The article considers how the War on Terror will affect the position of the United States in teh reformed country of Iraq.

The article comments on the foreign policies of the U.S. government. The author examines the ways in which the government has concluded its involvement in wars and conflicts throughout history. Article topics include American culture in the 20th century, the events of WWII, the Afghan War, terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, U.S. President George W. Bush, the prevention of terrorism, Senator John Kerry, and Saddam Hussein, the dictator of Iraq.

The article discusses the role of teachers in U.S. education reform. The importance of teacher quality, the protection of teachers through union rules or teacher contracts, and the effect of state and federal laws on educational reform are examined. The loss of authority among teachers' unions and arguments concerning educational reform from politicians including U.S. president Barack Obama are also explored.