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...POLICY: Too Much Carrot, Not Enough Stick...
...attempt to modify behavior, provide job training and prod recipients into the labor force through what is known as "workfare" programs. New York University professor Lawrence Mead, a conservative advocate of welfare reform, has dubbed this approach the "New Paternalism." New Jersey, for example, has passed a carrot-and-stick bill that denies extra payments to single mothers who bear children while on the dole; on the other hand, it allows them to keep their benefits if they marry, and it contains incentives for them to earn outside income and continue their education. Wisconsin's Republican Governor Tommy Thompson...
...year-old taste buds still weren't very mature (Pizza Hut rated higher than four star restaurants in Chinatown), but once a sip of syrupy Coke had settled the last of the perfect gravy-con-carrot-beef-potato mixture in my stomach, they recognized a new, wonderful sensation...
THROUGH THE GARDEN GATE: THE WORLD OF BEATRIX POTTER, Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Childhood would be a fallow field without the carrot patches and flopsy bunnies of this great storyteller. But Peter and his friends weren't Potter's only creations, and the show also delves into a trove of her naturalistic sketches. Kids will love the accompanying tea parties and interactive video games. Through...
Thursday: Dr. Carrot with Drastic Measures and Rache Alpert. Tickets...