The Price of Looks in Public Life
A Los Angeles Times opinion piece argues society equates beauty with virtue and ugliness with vice. It cites Gore Harris and Clinton era comments, urges separating appearance from character, and notes media culture amplifies judgment of looks. The piece laments moral weight given to cosmetics and calls for honest discussion of both looks and actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Magazine
Linda Tripp
Tripp
Florida
Katherine Harris
Wags
Vampira
Cruella de Vil
al Gore
Sim
George W. Bush
Christopher
Joseph J. Lieberman
Strom Thurmond
J. Dennis Hastert
Gore
Harris
Paula Jones
Monica Lewinsky
Hillary Clinton
Arthur Marwick
Bush
Bill Clinton
Public discourse and education standards debate
Ravitch argues that tolerating low school expectations harms democracy as shown by a Princeton Review study. It finds 2000 candidates used sixth to seventh grade vocabulary, far below Lincoln Douglas levels, raising concerns about public understanding and political rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton Review
George W. Bush
al Gore
Bill Clinton
George Bush
Ross Perot
Kennedy
Nixon
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
Arafat’s hesitation amid peacemaking hopes and losses
Washington Post argues that Yasser Arafat faces a rare chance for an independent Palestinian state with Gaza, 95 percent of the West Bank, and East Jerusalem as capital. The piece warns his intransigence risks losing a favorable deal and a lasting chance at statehood as Barak and Clinton push for compromise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yasser Arafat
Gaza Strip
West Bank
East Jerusalem
Temple Mount
Arafat
Camp David
Ehud Barak
Clinton
Ariel Sharon
Barak
Occupied Territories
Israel
Middle East peace hinges on nationalist framing not religious struggle
Telhami argues that the Israeli Palestinian conflict risks becoming a religious ethnic war. He urges reframing the dispute around Jerusalem and refugees to restore a nationalist path toward a lasting settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle East
Bill Clinton
Ehud Barak
Israel
West Bank
Gaza
Oslo
Camp David
Jerusalem
Temple Mount
Judaism
New Year's Day History and Birthdays Summary
On January 1 1830 William Lloyd Garrison founded The Liberator. In 1863 Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. 1902 Michigan Wolverines routed Stanford Indians 49 to 0 in the first Rose Bowl. Notable birthdays include Lorenzo di Medici Paul Revere Betsy Ross J. Edgar Hoover J. D. Salinger Frank Langella and others. A quip about looking at friends in profile closes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lloyd Garrison
The
Liberator
Abraham Lincoln
Jacqueline Means
Episcopal Church
Lorenzo di Medici
Florentine
Paul Revere
Betsy Ross
E.M. Forster
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Barry Goldwater
U.S
J.D. Salinger
Frank Langella
Michigan Wolverines
Stanford Indians
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Virginia Pestrel
Los Angeles Times
Mars
Ravitch
Hoover Institution
Stanford University Public Policy
Washington Post
Doonesbury
Alectcy
Garry Trudeau
AELL
PINE
Telhami Is
University of Maryland
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