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There are good reasons to believe, however, that harsh assumptions about Americans' compassion and prudence are not justified today--if they ever were. One of the most encouraging messages from the November election is that even as voters demand an end to welfare dependency, they want a stronger social safety...
During those first years, AIDS was unspeakable. Media coverage was nonexistent, and denial ruled. The founding members of G.M.H.C. tried to hand out flyers regarding the new disease on the dock at Fire Island, and no one would take them. Rumors abounded--that the virus was spread through poppers, that...
"Perhaps it's made me a stronger person, more resilient," Madonna says, when asked what she has learned from her long communion with the character. "It's comforting to know that I'm not the only person the press picks on or tries to turn into a monster or dehumanize...
The "right to die" and "death with dignity" brigade do not occupy the moral high ground on this issue. And they are certainly not the only ones with compassion for those who suffer. All of us feel the pain and anguish of those we love who are terminally ill; like...
In his essay "Science and Original Sin," Robert Wright puts forth as scientific fact a genetically based theory of psychological egoism. It is a weird piece of dogma. Although no sane person would deny that we humans harbor some pretty horrible tendencies and that these have some genetic basis, it...