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...other words, a pretty typical week of TV in mid-'90s America. Another week, in the view of troubled parents and concerned politicians, in which TV continued to assault youngsters with violent images, encouraging aggressive behavior in a culture where handguns and street violence are rampant. But it was also a landmark week that brought new hope to many parents worried that scenes like the above are doing untold damage to their kids...
...popular--is that, for the most part, the culture, not the parents, are to blame. Pipher points out that girls enter junior high school faced with daunting magazine and movie images of glossy, thin, perfect women. She argues that pop culture is saturated with sex; violence against women is rampant; and drugs and alcohol are far more accessible than they were during her 1950s girlhood in a small Nebraska town. "I don't think the past was idyllic," says Pipher, 48, a mother of two whose husband, Jim, is also a psychologist. "But children felt safer...
This view of the Internet as a haven for pornography and child solicitation is rampant, and seemingly monthly news stories showcase children "seduced" by molesters via services like America Online...
...sang Hello, Dolly for the first time. 'It's so nice to have you back where you belong.'" Forward Cedric Ceballos spoke for all the Lakers, and indeed many sports fans, when he said, "When Magic is out there, there is sunshine and happiness." In this age of rampant Cowboyism, sports needs Magic as much as the Lakers...
While it is hard to imagine why a flat tax would curb rampant teenage pregnancy or clean up trash daytime TV talk shows, it is even more difficult to understand the economic advantages of Forbes' income tax proposal. His plan would drastically reduce the taxes of the wealthiest Americans by slashing tax rates on salaries and making capital gains and interest completely tax free. An example of the potential savings that the affluent would realize could be demonstrated if Forbes made his personal income tax return public. While most other major candidates have released their tax forms to the press...