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A Moon Like No Other Judith Braffman-Miller
Category: Astronomy Published: July 2011
Larger than some planets, Saturn's biggest moon indeed is a "Titan" of the solar system.
 
A New Battlefront Sebastian Thaler
Category: Medicine & Health Published: July 2011
A drop in the number of AIDS-related deaths means that more and more individuals are grappling with the challenges associated with living with HIV.
 
America's Misunderstood Patriot Wes D. Gehring
Category: USA Yesterday Published: July 2011
When Charlie Chaplin was denigrated by narrow-minded, history-impaired "love-it-or-leave-it" type Americans, his victimizaiton showed, as in so much of life, that the enemy quite often is on this side of the fence. . . .
 
Celebrating a Summer of George Washington
Category: American History Published: July 2011
First in War, First in Peace, and First in the Hearts of His Countrymen.
 
Exercise Is the Best Medicine Bill Phillips
Category: Health & Fitness Published: July 2011
If parents let their kids play video games and sit at the computer all day, it is akin to handing them a pack of cigarettes.
 
Giants of the Deep
Category: Ecology Published: July 2011
A unique blend of science and storytelling helps museumgoers explore the amazing world of whales.
 
History in the Making David McCullough
Category: American Thought Published: July 2011
This nation of ours has been through darker times and, if you do not know that--as so many who broadcast the news and subject us to their opinions in the press do not seem to know--that is because we are failing in our understanding of history.
 
If You (Don't) Snooze, You Lose Dolores T. Puterbaugh
Category: Life in America Published: July 2011
The typical American adult has an unhealthy, strange relationship with sleep.
 
Lincoln Remains as Statuesque as Ever Allen C. Guelzo
Category: Art & History Published: July 2011
Behold how a man may be exalted to a dignity and glory almost divine--and give freedom to a race. Surely art should unite with eloquence and poetry to celebrate such a theme.
 
Making the Show--and Staying There William D. Witnauer , Richard G. Rogers , Jarron M. Saint Onge
Category: Athletic Arena Published: July 2011
Baseball careers are not compressed versions of normal careers--rather they are skewed substantially toward early exit.
 
No Less than Our Liberty Is at Stake Jonathan W. Emord
Category: National Affairs Published: July 2011
"If the health reform law is upheld, the precedent established immediately and universally will deprive Americans of freedom and threaten to magnify that deprivation over time."
 
One Step Back . . . and Two Forward? John A. Challenger
Category: Business & Finance Published: July 2011
". . . Permanent job loss . . . is a fact of life when you live in a free-market economy that constantly is innovating and trying to move forward."
 
Pregnancy, Depression, and Acupuncture William Lee
Category: Psychology Published: July 2011
Women with major depressive disorder treated with depression-specific acupuncture have a 63% response rate after 12 sessions.
 
The (White House) Doctor Is In Connie Mariano
Category: Literary Scene Published: July 2011
For eight years, I lived and worked in the kill zone as part of my everyday job. During this time, there were numerous threats on the life of Pres. Bill Clinton.
 
The Long Wait for Justice in Mississippi David Chalmers
Category: Law & Justice Published: July 2011
The killers of Emmet Till, Medgar Evers, Michey Schwerner, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, Vernon Dahmer, and others less known to history, still walked free decades after their crimes.
 
The Second Copernican Revolution Has Arrived: Life on Early Mars Is Confirmed John E. Brandenburg
Category: Science & Technology Published: July 2011
The time has come to redouble our efforts to expan human presence into this new cosmos we have discovered.
 
The Sky's the Limit
Category: Museums Today Published: July 2011
These works--ranging from the illustrative to the abstract--present a different view of NASA than the one in history books or news shows.
 
The Verdict Is In: We're Doomed James W. Thomson
Category: Economics Published: July 2011
Under the Obama Administration, "income redsitribution and environmentalism [have taken] precedence over the materialistic needs of business and commerce."
 
Where Life Is Always Sweet: Sesame Place Wayne M. Barrett , Margaret A. Barrett
Category: Going Places Published: July 2011
Pennsylvania's Bucks County is home to the iconic children's water park--and a lot more.