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  Is it Still Adultery if the Spouse Has Alzheimer’s?

  Every 7.5 seconds, an American turns 60. Member of the first wave of baby boomers are joining their parents in creating a demographic tipping point unprecedented in our history. We now see the longest living, most mobile and most spiritually challenging multi-generational cohort of older adults in American history. How we respond to this challenge…

  By Richard Address

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  We’re Suffering From a Deficit of Authority

  You’ve heard of the trade deficit and attention deficit disorder. Well, several strands of discontent in American life can be traced to what I call the “Authority Deficit.” Whether the context is President Bush’s conduct of the Iraq war, cops unable to make city streets safe or parents struggling to rein in unruly children, authority…

  By David Klinghoffer Aug 15, 2007 | 3 min read
• Opinion

  On Armenian Genocide, Politics Trumps Truth

  On the surface, it should be an easy call. Here, for example, is the text of a cable that Henry Morgenthau, Sr., then America’s ambassador to Turkey, sent to the State Department on July 10, 1915: “Persecution of Armenians assuming unprecedented proportions. Reports from widely scattered districts indicate systematic attempt to uproot peaceful Armenian population…

  By Leonard Fein Aug 15, 2007 | 4 min read

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• Dan Perry Israel is not deliberately killing journalists in Gaza. But it does bear responsibility for their deaths

  

• Emily Tamkin Entering motherhood — and an obsession with the works of an Italian Jewish literary hero

  

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  Farewell Unto Rove

  There is a guy whose name is Rove Some say that he’s the guy who drove The Bush regime to do its deeds It was Rove who sowed the seeds. He really proved that he was smart When he pushed Bush’s campaign cart For reelection midst a war For then Bush merely had to scream,…

  By Gus Tyler Aug 14, 2007 | < 1 min read
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  Congress Cutting Special Interest Ties

  For many years, lobbyists in Washington have had a free hand in the ways they employed to influence Congress. One of the most blatant was conveyed in a tactic called “bundling.” The lobbyist would solicit support for a candidate observing carefully the legal limits on how much an individual contributed. But, the lobbyist bundled the…

  By Gus Tyler Aug 11, 2007 | < 1 min read
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  Big Push For Preschool Education

  The United States has been a world pioneer in schooling for the people. It started in colonial days in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Every child was compelled to attend a school, starting at an early age. The reason was double: First, it was necessary to teach all children that humans were born in sin and…

  By Gus Tyler Aug 11, 2007 | < 1 min read
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  Frank Talk About Iran

  Iran’s participation in two rounds of official talks with the United States, the first such contacts in 27 years, could be a sign that the long-awaited thaw is finally underway in the Islamic Republic’s troubled relations with the West. If it is true, as Tehran’s leaders say, that Iran is prepared to help America stabilize…

  Aug 10, 2007 | 4 min read
• Letters

  August 10, 2007

  Union Leadership Did Not Support a Boycott Two motions were tabled to Unison’s national delegate conference in June which addressed Israel and Palestine (“U.S. Unions Organize Against British Boycott,” July 27). Both motions were tabled by individual Unison local branches, as is their democratic right. They were not tabled by myself — as Unison’s deputy…

  Aug 10, 2007 | 2 min read
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  Israel Owes the U.S. a Blunt Word or Two on Iraq

  Sometime in the next two years, the United States will begin removing its armed forces from Iraq. Whether next month’s anticipated Petraeus report hastens or delays that departure, the rhetoric of virtually all leading presidential candidates appears to ensure the ultimate outcome. Israel, located barely 300 miles from Iraqi’s border with Jordan, is certain to…

  By Yossi Alpher Aug 9, 2007 | 4 min read
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  Outwitting Outsourcing

  At the most recent televised debate among aspirants for the Democratic nomination for president, the subject of “outsourcing” played a prominent role. In goodly part, this may have been due to the fact that the program was sponsored by the AFL-CIO. Outsourcing is the common practice of multinational corporations, which have, over recent years, shut…

  By Gus Tyler Aug 9, 2007 | 2 min read
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  A 10-Point Plan for Universal Healthcare Coverage

  Our country faces three terrible and worsening healthcare crises. First, 47 million Americans, including 8 million children, have no health insurance coverage. In 1987 the uninsured totaled 32 million. In two decades, we’ve seen nearly a 50% rise in those without health insurance. Second, Medicare and Medicaid costs threaten to bankrupt the country. Today’s elderly…

  By Laurence Kotlikoff Aug 8, 2007 | 4 min read