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These self-appointed champions of the disadvantaged continue to agitate week after week despite feeling that they are routinely ignored or mocked. But they say they continue to campaign out of a feeling of civic obligation...
Specialization in high school neglects the primary role of secondary school: molding well-rounded students with a strong and stable intellectual, practical, and civic foundation. Indeed, Horace Mann, the “father of American education,” famously said that “a human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated.” This is why the core of a secondary education is comprised of a set of highly specified academically rigorous courses in math, science, history, and English. Any system of majors that encroaches on this educational core would undermine this...
...nourishing “different parts of your soul,” said Shearer. O’Donnell said that celebrities such as George Clooney have credibility in their philanthropy because their careers are already established. And Shearer also suggested that the effectiveness of celebrity civic engagement hinges on the sincerity of the individual’s commitment. “The question you have to ask is, are you contributing to the culture of inauthenticity rampant in this country?” said Shearer. Political issues can be successfully incorporated into entertainment media like the Simpsons, said Shearer...
...song samples Dick Dale’s “Misirlou”—the “Pulp Fiction” theme—which just happened to appear in a Nissan Maxima commercial. Of course, it could also be the way Honda Civics are both conspicuously displayed and centrally framed. Coincidentally, both the Civic Hybrid website and the Black Eyed Peas’ website prominently advertise the Peas’ current tour—which is sponsored by the Honda Civic. (Why bother advertising a car and a CD separately when MTV lets you do both...
...concluded it was time to replace our trusty Subaru, which after long and faithful service deserved a dignified retirement. So we trolled Consumer Reports and headed off for some test drives, sniffed at the Mazda 3, petted an Impreza, focused on a Focus before falling for the Honda Civic - which thanks to its redesign looks nifty, drives nicely, has more airbags than you can count and, above all, gets 40 mpg on the highway...