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Ever since his collection of moral tales, The Book of Virtues, began its 88-week ride on the New York Times best-seller list, Bennett has plumbed and profited from America's anxiety over the decline in standards of moral behavior. The success of his first Virtues anthology spawned two...
During his time as Education Secretary, Bennett had become convinced that the country needed an update of McGuffey's Reader, a collection of moral tales children could read, and have read to them, to help counter all the junk on TV. When he left the Bush Administration, Bennett set out...
No one imagined the response The Book of Virtues would elicit, with 2.3 million copies sold to date. Bennett followed with an illustrated Children's Book of Virtues; a separate anthology aimed at adults, The Moral Compass; and the PBS cartoon series in which a buffalo named Plato (who bears...
If Hansen means these drifting bandsmen and their stories to stand for Europe, as Europe saw itself in the relative calm of 1912, his intention is not insistent. But he did choose to put his musicians aboard the Titanic. So the band plays as the ocean liner sinks--not Nearer...
So when we saw the pictures from Russell, Kansas, we decided to give the Republican earthlings their moment in the sun, so to speak. But in the end, the choice was mainly symbolic. Readers get both cover-length packages in this week's magazine. As we continue a year of...