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In most cases, though, it seems that the ones who need help are the parents. Some think that buying little Jake the new Dreamcast game console will assure that classmates are eager to come over for play dates, or that outfitting teenaged Tammy in the fashions favored by her wealthiest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spoiling Our Kids | 1/24/2000 | See Source »

In the United States, the separation of church and state is intended to substitute reflection and debate for the indoctrination of belief systems. School vouchers used for religious schools divorce the theory of the First Amendment from its logical application.

Author: By Dalia L. Rotstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Publicly Funded Parochial Schools? | 1/12/2000 | See Source »

However, if this lofty and perhaps overly optimistic promise of an Israel-friendly Middle East stood as the only reason for Israel to concede the Golan, Barak would not be in Shepherdstown today. Rather, Barak has assessed that security arrangements on the Golan, which could include an early warning station...

Author: By David P. Honig, | Title: Paradoxical Peace in the Middle East | 1/10/2000 | See Source »

And, for all the benefits that keep us plugging into the Internet, it can be alienating. (Is it just me, or is e-mail a much poorer substitute for face-to-face contact than a phone call is? And if so, why am I letting e-mail crowd out my...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Web We Weave | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

There was a sort of magic about Edison, although it had nothing to do with illusions or misdirections. An assistant once described the Wizard at work, "displaying cunning in the way he neutralizes or intensifies electromagnets, applying strong or weak currents, and commands either negative or positive directional currents to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 19th Century: Thomas Edison (1847-1931) | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

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