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...context of her speech, Strober cited Mrs. Wendt's work in providing companionship, sexual partnership and emotional support, as well as caring for the couple's children, cooking, cleaning and taking care of other household responsibilities, as grounds for her entitlement to half of the couple's assets...
...recent Forum weekend in a nondescript room on Manhattan's East Side, 52 men and 47 women gathered for a variety of reasons. The meek sought a voice; the proud, humbling; the lonely, companionship. All had signed a form stating that they are mentally and physically well. It is important that attendees be healthy. The Forum, which costs $350, still requires endurance. It consists of three 12- to 16-hour days--with time out for meals--and (after a one-day breather) a one-evening wrap...
Everyone knows a little about Washington and Lincoln. But the astounding actions of these two presidents go in one ear and out the other for too many. Our everyday lives are a torrent of choices, often of a mundane nature: procrastination or work, companionship or loneliness, chickwich or savory baked tofu. I know little about President Clinton's current sex scandal or our country's troubles with Iraq, and I really do not care that much. I place much more importance on what I am doing this weekend, why I have not asked that girl out yet or when...
Everyone knows a little about Washington and Lincoln. But the astounding actions of these two presidents go in one ear and out the other for too many. Our everyday lives are a torrent of choices, often of a mundane nature: procrastination or work, companionship or loneliness, chickwich or savory baked tofu. I know little about President Clinton's current sex scandal or our country's troubles with Iraq, and I really do not care that much. I place much more importance on what I am doing this weekend, why I have not asked that girl out yet or when...
...some extent, Miles gets at an important feature of religion. One certainly does not need to believe in all of the tenets of the church to enjoy the beauty of the liturgy or to benefit from the companionship of the other church-goers. Still, I think it is unfair to represent religion, or pious agnosticism, as a ready-made answer to American individualism. Moreover, while church attendance may be good for society, it is unclear whether wide-scale doubt is equally good. Miles fails to show us what a kingdom of doubters would look like, if that is indeed where...