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A Look Inside the Iranian Sponsored Terrorism Machine Claude Miniquet
Category: Worldview Published: November 2007
"The Iranian mullahs consider intelligence and terrorism as very serious matters, and they handle it at the highest possible level.... Hezbollah never conducts a terrorist operation abroad without the clear authorization (if not direct order) of Tehran."
 
An American in Paris
Category: Museums Today Published: November 2007
Watercolor, notes artist Barbara Ernst Prey, "develops on its own. . . . You have an idea, but the beauty is in the process. . . . It's so fluid, and accidents can happen."
 
Coping with the National Mortgage Meltdown and the Collapse of the Shadow Banking System Richard I. Rydstrom
Category: Business & Finance Published: November 2007
"When free markets allow 2,200,000 families to lose their homes and the broad economy is threatened with recession, capitalism falls to its knees begging for refinement."
 
Does Socialism or Free Enterprise Best Serve the Common Good? Rev. Robert A. Sirico
Category: Economics Published: November 2007
"What then can we say of those who today remain attached to socialism as a political goal? We can say that they do not know or have not understood the economic history of the last 300 years. . . ."
 
Foster Care Is Failing Dan Lips
Category: Life in America Published: November 2007
"Adults who formerly were in foster care are more likely to be homeless, unprepared for employment, limited to low-skill jobs, dependent on welfare or Medicaid, and convicted of crimes and incarcerated, as well as to succomb to drug and alcohol abuse."
 
High School Musical: The Ice Tour Wayne M. Barrett
Category: Entertainment Published: November 2007
We're all in this together as the Disney megahit makes the seamless transition from the small screen to a large arena ice surface.
 
Reauthorization of NCLB: Federal Management or Citizen Ownership of K-12 Education? Eugene Hickok , Matthew Ladner
Category: Education Published: November 2007
Although fashioned with noble intentions, the No Child Left Behind Act created a powerful perverse incentive for states to lower their academic standards, and that pressure will grow stronger w/ each passing year unless Congress makes substantial changes.
 
Sinking SCHIP Michael F. Cannon
Category: Medicine & Health Published: November 2007
Although Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, and Congress have other ideas, a perfect first step toward stopping the growth of govt health programs would be for lawmakers to curtail contributions to Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
 
Street Life Is No Life for Children Jewel
Category: Life in America Published: November 2007
"Most homeless kids are on the streets because they . . . believe they are safer alone than in the home they once knew--if that home even exists for them anymore."
 
The Beginner's Mind Jennifer Griffin-Wiesner , Chris Maser
Category: American Thought Published: November 2007
"Not listening invalidates the feelings--and very existence--of another person, an all-too-frequent experience shared by young people."
 
U.S. Oil Supplies Are Not at Risk Eric Gholz , Daryl G. Press
Category: National Affairs Published: November 2007
It is past time for political and ecological alarmists to stop spreading unfounded fears that America's energy security somehow is endangered.
 
What Do We Care? Emma R. Chasen
Category: American Thought Published: November 2007
"Change does not happen by itself. It comes about when one voice is joined by another, one question leads to many answers, minds gather together to spark new ideas, thoughts are drawn on paper, and black and white is filled in with color."
 
Where Land Meets Water Judith H. Bonner
Category: Museums Today Published: November 2007
Mindful of the recent catastrophic effects of Hurricane Katrina, this exhibition reminds viewers that the line of demarcation between Louisiana's land and water is vague and ever-changing.
 
Woe Is the Politics of Immigration James W. Thomson
Category: The World Today Published: November 2007
"Mass immigration is likely to continue unchecked with scant regard for the welfare of the average American citizen, as its impetus is founded on business' quest for cheap labor and anticipated political gains by the major parties. . . ."