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Thomas Jefferson and the other early American crusaders for public education believed the schools would help sustain democracy by bringing everyone together to share values and learn a common history. In the little red brick schoolhouse, we would pursue both "democracy in education and education in democracy," as Stanford historian David Tyack gracefully puts it. Home schooling forsakes all that by defining education not as the pursuit of an entire community but as the work of one family and its chosen circle. Which can be great. Despite some drawbacks, there are signs that home-schooling parents are doing a better...
...destroyed in the future, many pro-lifers might swallow their misgivings about the use of stem cells already extracted from discarded embryos. There was still a problem. Bush and his advisers were being told there were probably a dozen, maybe 20, such lines--not enough, many scientists said, to sustain the necessary research. But the Aug. 2 meeting with the NIH scientists lifted that cloud. They told Bush there were more than 65 lines available worldwide--not as many as scientists would like but enough for a plausible compromise...
...Japan and Norway, the International Whaling Commission meeting in London ended without a vote on repealing a ban on commercial whaling. Japan, which catches several hundred Minke whales annually for "scientific research," and Norway, which did not sign the 1986 moratorium, argued that populations of several species can now sustain controlled hunting, but they recognized that they could not win the necessary 75% of votes to overturn the ban. Proposals by Australia, New Zealand and Brazil to introduce two new whale sanctuaries in the South Pacific and South Atlantic also failed to achieve 75% support. THE NETHERLANDS General Surrender Croatian...
Still, a boost in the ball market will not sustain a rebound in the industry. Hayley Kissel, an analyst at Merrill Lynch, points out that companies such as Callaway and Nike will have to keep expanding into other products. That's why the industry is eagerly awaiting Nike's new line of clubs, endorsed by pro David Duval. Kissel and others question Nike's ability to deliver game-enhancing products. But Nike Golf marketing director Mike Kelly insists the business is not only about product but about expanding the game. "Ely Callaway revolutionized the business in terms of market...
...Population growth in Japan is already at zero, and its people are steadily aging. Europe is heading toward that fate quite rapidly. To believe that aging populations can achieve sustained, accelerated growth is absurd?or a symptom of the arrogance of economists who ascribe low growth almost entirely to failures in economic policy, although policy tinkering has modest impact. As for the U.S., its demographics are O.K. thanks to immigration, but its private-sector debt levels and reliance on Asian savings to sustain its consumption habits are daily becoming more horrifying...