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Nuclear power has been out of fashion throughout Europe for the past two decades, but some of its biggest opponents are to be found in Scandinavia, where environmental concerns are taken especially seriously. Sweden has voted to get out of nuclear energy altogether, and in Finland a 1993 application by...
That was in November. A few weeks later, Anne received a letter of acceptance from one of the most prestigious colleges in the nation and gladly enrolled.
What makes this phenomenon intriguing is that its subtly yet substantially regressive nature is masked by a veneer of progressiveness. Unlike those of the 1950s, today’s women are not forced to play any traditional female roles. Because of this, some might argue that the gender revolution has...
And yet, even as I congratulated Anne on having such a clear idea of what she wanted from her future—I was still quite undecided myself—I couldn’t help but feel a little uncomfortable with her reasoning. After all, implicit in the choice...
As I whimsically envisioned Anne seated at a sparkling kitchen table and helping her daughter with her calculus homework, however, I also realized this: regardless of whether her decision was progressive or regressive from a sociological or historical standpoint, it could have no connotation either way on an individual level...