The future according to Newt

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House Speaker Newt Gingrich stresses that he is a conservative futurist and supports an information-based economy characterized by telecommuting, computer networking and space exploration. Several social observers criticize Gingrich as being unconventional and that his goals are impossible.

Author: Adler, Margot
Interview, Science and technology policy, Gingrich, Newt

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Scary monsters

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The specters raised by Pat Robertson and other members of the far right about the horrors that equal rights and other types of social change will cause are the nightmares of a three-year-old, not adult reasoning.

Author: Lewin, Tamar
Social policy, Republican Party (United States)

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The gerbil mystique

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A woman whose young son wants to mate his pet gerbils reflects on the difficulties of teaching sexual responsibility. Boys need to be taught that baby-making and baby-rearing are not just a girl's duty.

Author: Lewin, Tamar
Social aspects, Children, Study and teaching, Sex education, Responsibility, Sex education for children

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Subjects list: Evaluation, Conservatism, Column
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