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...realism.First, the numbers. Around 800,000 people are homeless on any given night, according to the Christian Science Monitor. Of these, about 32 percent report both mental illness and substance abuse problems, while an additional 31 percent report one of these difficulties. This troubled 63 percent makes up the core of the chronic homeless seen on the streets begging for money.Dealing with this startling and, frankly, embarrassing statistic for the world’s richest nation will require confronting the fundamental problem with homeless policy: we all want to help these people with illness and addiction, but we are loath...
...everybody’s mind. The hope for the rest of the season was two-fold. Obviously, wins were still most important. But also, developing sophomore Liam O’Hagan, his new favorite target freshman Alex Breaux, and the rest of Harvard’s young and talented core were priorities. As much as everyone tried to avoid saying it, thoughts—at least in some respect—must have drifted to next year. And then Saturday came and the Crimson found new life for at least another week. Harvard’s dismantling of Dartmouth combined...
Colson and Warren represent what may be Lewis' most fascinating aspect: his posthumous migration from liberal to conservative icon. He was an Anglican whose natural first constituency was the old Protestant denominations. But by the 1960s the mainline's interest had shifted from core orthodoxies to social action. Screwtape, by contrast, advised that to damn a man, "get [him] at first to value social justice ... and then work him on to the stage at which he values Christianity because it may produce social justice...
...MONICA CROWLEY Author, Nixon in Winter For too long this President has allowed his opponents to set his agenda. To regain control over the dialogue, he has to rally the base. No President can survive without core support. For Nixon, the final nail in the coffin was when Barry Goldwater said, There's nothing we can do for you. Bush can win back his base with his next Supreme Court choice. He should also get back to his original domestic agenda and his strengths on the foreign-policy side. He should talk about progress being made in Iraq...
...Finding Their Guitar,” as the hero strives to become the champion of an art accessible to anyone with enough imagination, and the play’s idealism effectively strikes a poignant chord in audiences. Yet this irony also suggests a certain democracy present at the core of the show: that anyone with enough creativity and enthusiasm can make their artistic dreams a reality. These playwrights have done an admirable job with that freedom...