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In order to combat the semiotic nightmare that seeks to undermine rational discourse, we must all be educated in the ways of the new vraisemblable. And as the French Freudians remind us, the place to begin is in the nursery. What better way to ease the transition to post-Structuralism...
THIS WEEK IS SHAPING UP TC be one of those rare periods when the citizens of a country engage in some serious self-reflection. The United States is settling its collective butt into a huge national armchair to ponder the possibilities presented by the ABC mini-series, Amerika, and patriots...
Meanwhile, strong evidence has emerged from health services researchers that, even without the pressure of cost-containment, there is reason to be concerned about the quality of at least some segments of the American health care system. Beginning a decade ago, Professor John Wennberg, now of Dartmouth Medical School, has...
Another study tends to back the Weed-Olsen view. Deborah Anne Dawson, as a doctoral student at Johns Hopkins, found that two-thirds of girls between 15 ; and 19 have had some instruction about birth control and pregnancy, with only 16% lacking any such education at all. Her conclusion: teaching...
Earlier that night, this Father Abraham of the apocalypse had vowed to surrender his beloved son if God would only restore everything to its earlier state of blessed torpor. And come morning, all is restored, in spades. Mama is whining, Daughter is pouting, Doctor is leaving. The world may not...