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Your article on the homeless in America [NATION, Feb. 8] suggested that nothing short of the return of full-tilt liberalism and its emphasis on "housing, housing, housing'' will be able to solve this persistent problem...
Conservatives--and even some feminists--have been making the argument for years, most recently in books like What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us by Danielle Crittenden. But it's Wendy Shalit's debut book, A Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue (Free Press), that is currently bubbling in the public debate. The book has earned the neoconservative author an interview by Katie Couric on the Today show and inspired heated online debate, as well as a drubbing from many across the feminist spectrum...
...EDWARDS indiscriminately reads highbrow opinion journals and lowbrow women's magazines alike. In the past month she has written on subjects ranging from Bill Bradley's campaign for President to Gwyneth Paltrow's hair extensions. This week she looks at some of the issues surrounding Wendy Shalit's A Return to Modesty, an essay that urges women to empower themselves through modesty and "lost virtue." As part of the book's target audience, Edwards feels strongly ambivalent: "You want to be courted, but you're raised to be independent. The book really pulls you in opposite directions." Edwards, a staff...
...than just fun; it's a philosophy of fun," says Ressner, who has sojourned to Thailand twice before. As for his own sanuk, Ressner spent one lazy day aboard a rickety boat and another in a Buddhist temple. He says he did not suffer much culture shock until his return...
...card debt, this year Uncle Sam will begin accepting plastic from those who owe tax come April 15. Charging your taxes may be a nifty way to rack up frequent-flyer miles, and for some 30 million electronic filers it's a convenient way to complete a paperless tax return. For Uncle, it's certainly a convenient way to shift the burden of collection. But if you'll need to carry the debt a while, choosing plastic is a mistake--unless you carry it all the way to personal bankruptcy court. Let me explain...