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...done deal, but he may be able to broker a peace plan. Anglicans officially declared homosexuality to be "incompatible with Scripture" at their most recent Lambeth Conference--a once-a-decade meeting of the world's Anglican bishops--in 1998. Still, dioceses have traditionally been granted generous latitude in deciding their local practices. Archbishop Williams announced last Friday an emergency meeting of the 38 primates from around the world to consider the actions of the U.S. church. "I hope," he said in an official statement, "we will find that there are ways forward in this situation which can preserve...
...difficult campaign. (The Democratic Lieutenant Governor, whom Dean endorsed, lost.) Civil unions hurt Democrats in the 2000 elections in Vermont, but two years later, Dean reaped the benefits: wealthy gays in the Fire Island Pines beach community off the coast of New York City were among the earliest, most generous donors to his unlikely presidential run. Dean doesn't emphasize his discomfort with gay marriage in these circles...
...rare--these days damn near impossible--to see a big-bucks, big-studio production take the kind of chances Ross unselfconsciously takes here. What eventually steals over you as Seabiscuit unfolds is that its New Deal America is a lot better than the one we inhabit--more generous and shyly exuberant, less noxiously self-centered and confident. Maybe that's just a movie illusion. But it wouldn't hurt us--politically, socially, humanly--if we began believing we could re-create that sweet, sustaining dream. --By Richard Schickel
...active life through to 110 or 120 years old within a half-century, Schwartz sees more married couples in their 70s opting for serial monogamy; so look for a hike in divorce rates and a new wealth of multigenerational families. Schwartz is sweeping, but he's not always generous with the detail. Even if you knew with certainty that a "Long Boom" was in the cards, you could still get hurt by the short busts between now and then. Equally frustrating, he throws up all manner of potential fuel sources for the automobile of 2015 - anyone for electric, hydrogen cells...
...trend toward more generous stock dividends gives income-oriented investors a solid alternative to Treasury bonds now yielding under 4%--and dividend stocks are less risky to boot. As the economy recovers, the yield on T bonds (and highly rated corporate bonds too) will rise, driving down the value of existing bonds. "Over the next few years, this is where people will lose the most money in the market," warns Steve Mintz, a fee-only investment manager in Monroe, La. High-yield corporate junk bonds, though, are somewhat insulated because a stronger economy removes much of their risk. So investors...