Panel urges moral revival to restore American values
A 24 member nonpartisan panel from the Council on Civil Society urges Americans to reset morality through actions like tuning out TV during a family hour and reforming the tax code to favor marriage. It criticizes Supreme Court secularism and calls for charter schools, school choice, and reduced state lottery funding.
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Council On Civil Society
U.S
Dan Coats
R-Ind
Joseph Lieberman
D-Conn
Francis Fukuyama
Cornel West
John J. Dilulio
Daniel Yankelovich
Boston
Ray Slammond
Jean Bethke Elshtain
University of Chicago Divinity School
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Roberto Alomar
Madonna
Dick Morris
Institute For American Values
David Blankenhorn
Blankenhorn
Academy
Charitable donations rise sharply in 1997 year
A strong economy and large gifts boosted philanthropy in 1997 with Americans giving $143.46 billion, up 7.5 percent from 1996. International-aid gifts rose 15 percent to $1.96 billion while religious groups received about half of all donations at $74.97 billion. Ted Turner pledged $1 billion to the UN and George Soros donated $540 million across causes.
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American Association of Fund-Raising Counsel
Trust For Philanthropy
Ann Kaplan
Ted Turner
United Nations
George Soros
Kansas speller felled in national Bee
Gen Gillespie, a 14 year old eighth grader from Salina, was eliminated in the second round of the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee. He had previously won the All Kansas title by outspelling 100 contestants in Topeka last month.
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Gen Gillespie
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Gen
South Middle School
Topeka
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