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Ignoring its bitter experience trying to save democracy in Vietnam, the U.S. again finds itself bogged down - this time in Afghanistan and Iraq. It seems the U.S. doesn't learn from history. Whereas the basic objective that led American troops into Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq remains noble - projecting America's commitment to democratic ideals - subsequent developments have proved the Washington strategists wrong. Once the immediate, specific objective has been achieved, it is time to get out, leaving it to Afghans and Iraqis to sort out their internal problems. Afghans without the Taliban and Iraqis without Saddam Hussein can rebuild their...
...quiet courage and nonnegotiable dignity, ROSA PARKS was an activist and a freedom fighter who transformed a nation and confirmed a notion that ordinary people can have an extraordinary effect on the world. In her declining health, I would often visit Mrs. Parks, and once asked her the most basic question: Why did you do it? She said the inspiration for her Dignity Day in 1955 occurred three months prior, when African-American Emmett Till's murdered and disfigured body was publicly displayed for the world to see. "When I thought about Emmett Till," she told me, "I could...
Many mainline élites dropped Lewis, and his adult works might have gathered dust--were it not that Evangelicalism had just emerged dewy and hungry from the rigid chrysalis of Fundamentalism, eager for anyone, even a high-church Anglican, to popularize basic Christian tenets. Today it is Evangelicals who hold most of the Lewis conferences and write most of the Lewis books. They often present Mere Christianity to prospective converts or joyfully pass copies to those who are born again, along with a Gospel of John. Says Christian author Nancy Guthrie, whose new devotional The One Year Book of Hope...
...life is a stressful process full of physical, emotional, and psychological change. Students must adopt a new, overwhelming lifestyle—moving in with strangers, living in a foreign city, attending a new school, and adopting a radically different schedule, among other challenges. It can be easy to ignore basic nutrition while adjusting to and defining a personal and academic identity. No one denies the pressure of these circumstances, and the consequences thereof—eating extra at the dining halls, skipping meals, snacking while studying late at night, ordering-in food, decreasing exercise, and increasing alcohol intake?...
...short time periods is not an image concern, but rather a health concern. The Harvard experience includes taking incredible classes, meeting amazing people, and establishing patterns for independent life after graduation—which should include, from the first day of shopping period, a better understanding of the basic nutritional practices that lead to healthy living...