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A Losing Cause Ray Kenneth Clark
Category: American Thought Published: July 2013
"War in the manner the U.S. now fights is lost before it begins."
 
Betelgeuse Is a Superstar! Judith Braffman-Miller
Category: Science & Technology Published: July 2013
The grand finale of Betelgeuse will be a spectacular show--full of sound and fury. Earth will have a front-row seat at this stellar farewell performance.
 
Bypass Wall Street and Beat the Banks at Their Own Game Pamela Yellen
Category: Business & Finance Published: July 2013
". . . The same folks whose advice got us into this mess in the first place are telling us to 'take more risk,' 'work until you drop,' and 'plan on living on a lot less in retirement.' "
 
Confident Is as Confident Does Robert Kelsey
Category: Psychology Published: July 2013
". . . We are a . . . Pablo Picasso-like distortion of painful memories--of hurt, slights, put-downs, and insults, each one adding to the agony of poor confidence."
 
Cultivating the Art of Gratitude Robert A. Emmons
Category: Psychology Published: July 2013
"Work actively at finding more to be grateful for. When you grow in gratitude, you grow all over."
 
Gunning Down Personal Freedom Edward J Erler
Category: National Affairs Published: July 2013
"The notion of collective rights is wholly the invention of the Progressive founders of the administrative state, who were engaged in a self-conscious effort to supplant the principles of limited government embodied in the Constitution."
 
He's Not the Marrying Kind Dolores T. Puterbaugh
Category: Religion Published: July 2013
Imagine the congregation's discomfort when they know that young Father Matthew is dating the lector who is processing in front of him towards the altar at the beginning of Mass.
 
Hot Under the Collar Over Global Warming John J. Berger
Category: Ecology Published: July 2013
"Now that the key scientific facts are in . . . It is unconscionable to continue circulating misleading, discredited information."
 
Pedal Power Goes Global Janet Larsen
Category: The World Today Published: July 2013
"Bike-sharing cities are finding that promoting the bicycle as a transport option can lead to more mobility and safer streets for all."
 
Political Correctness Concerning Islam Must Cease Immediately Tricia
Category: Erickson Published: July 2013
"Appeasement never has worked with terrorists. They either will kill or be killed."
 
Rethinking the Stroke Factor Patrick D. Lyden
Category: Medicine & Health Published: July 2013
". . . Stroke is more common in the older populations, but new data shows it can occur at any age, and the increase is greatest in the middle-aged and preretirement groups."
 
Revisiting the Ghosts of Gettysburg John M. Rudy
Category: USA Yesterday Published: July 2013
"Even in death, war is inescapable. It shapes who we are, who we will become, and where we are headed. At Gettysburg, that truth lingers around any corner you turn."
 
Roads to Nowhere Chris Edwards
Category: Public Policy Published: July 2013
Rather than increasing Federal infrastructure spending . . . We should begin devolving Federal infrastructure activities to the states, which then should unleash businesses & entrepreneurs to help the U.S. solve its mobility and congestion challenges.
 
The Free Ride Should Be Over Justin
Category: Logan Published: July 2013
". . . Asian states would not necessarily need to field militaries that could defeat China outright. Instead, they could focus merely on raising the potential costs to China such that Beijing would be deterred from aggression."
 
The National Pastime Finally Steps Up Pat Williams , Mike Sielski
Category: Athletic Arena Published: July 2013
A war was raging in the sports pages about whether MLB should be integrated. Meanwhile, from Jackie Robinson, in the borough of Brooklyn, New York, an idea was brewing that would catapult him into the national consciousness.
 
The Tax Man Cometh No Matter Where You Are Murray Weidenbaum
Category: Economics Published: July 2013
"Four major alternative ways of reforming Federal taxation that focus directly or indirectly on consumption have been developed," but none of them will be adopted by Congress.
 
The U.S.--and Its Artists--Never Would Be the Same Again
Category: Museums Today Published: July 2013
Generally, it has fallen to history museums to orgainze exhibitions about wars, but the works of art in this exhibition chronicle how genre and landscape painters and photographers responded to the coming of the war and its aftermath. . . .
 
The War Between the States Frozen in Time
Category: Focus on America Published: July 2013
A landmark exhibition considers the evolving role of photography during the Civil War.
 
There Is No Vacation from Cybercrime at WiFi Hotspots Kent Lawson
Category: Law & Justice Published: July 2013
"More than 12,500,000 Americans were victims of identity fraud last year--one victime every three seconds. Hotspot users need to think before they connect."
 
What Did You Say? Peter J. Cooper
Category: Life in America Published: July 2013
"American English is an incomparably broad, vigorous, versatile, mutable tongue that can withstand an unintended daily pummeling by millions of those who speak it."