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June 2000
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The Attack on Boys June 2000

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BIRD'S EYE
Let Boys Be Boys
By Karl Zinsmeister
The documentation of this problem comes not in trivial anecdotes but rather in worrisome evidence which shows that over the last couple decades fewer boys have been succeeding in school.
SIDELIGHTS
News Scraps
Soul for sale. What education standards? Judicial moonshine. Six-month gender.
SCAN
Short News and Commentary
Ward Connerly gets Bushwhacked. New Jerseyans vs. the Declaration of Independence. America's Caesar. Japan's spendthrift ways. Gore cuts Bush's taxes. Exploiting gun crimes. The new face of college Christianity. Below the belt art. Basketball journalism.
FORWARD OBSERVER
The Right Election Issue: Education
By James K. Glassman
This difference between Gore and Bush on schools mirrors their differences on other policies. The Democrat is an advocate of reform generated by smart bosses. The Republican says the only way to find solutions to many public-policy problems is through market competition and consumer choice.
"LIVE" WITH TAE
Bob Costas
Bob Costas, today's most respected sports broadcaster, sounds off on baseball, George W. Bush, tradition, NFL criminals, John Rocker, and much more.
TRANSCRIPT
Fanning Real Desire
By Leon R. Kass , M.D., Christina Hoff Sommers, Amy Kass, Judith Martin, David Blankenhorn, Amy Holmes
Amy & Leon Kass say Americans should replace "safe sex" with adventurous love. With Judith Martin, Christina Hoff Sommers, David Blankenhorn, & Amy Holmes.
IN REAL LIFE
A Grindstone Triumph
By Blake Hurst
Father Blake Hurst watches his daughter struggle then triumph at the grindstone.
ENTERPRISING
Casino Tries to Squash Property Owner
By Dana Berliner
Casinos use government muscle to throw out small property owners.
FLASHBACK
Mother Jones, Anti-Feminist
By Bill Kauffman
The real Mother Jones—Irish-born Mary Harris Jones (1830-1930), the coal miners' angel and hell-raiser who said "I would fight God Almighty himself if he didn't play square with me”—was both far more radical and far more reactionary than her namesake.
NOW PLAYING
Because It Is There
By Josh Larsen
Hollywood goes to the Martian frontier.
BEAT THE PRESS
She can't do that, betrayal is our job!
By Jonah Goldberg
The media said Linda Tripp betrayed a friend. They oughta know.
BOOK TALK
Reviews of New Books
A Necessary Evil by Garry Wills, The Trust by Susan Tifft and Alex Jones, Stiffed by Susan Faludi
DIGEST
Summaries of Important New Research
Edited by Martin Morse Wooster
Split over Clinton...Washington Scorecard...Scout's honor.
THE MAIL
Reader Feedback
No gay rights, but equal liberties. Artists who hate the public. Lawyer scams.
Feature articles
Victims of Androgyny
By Christina Hoff Sommers
Young males are paying the highest price for current misguided fashions in education.
Bush vs. Gore on Faith-based Charity
By Joe Loconte
For one candidate, religion renews the culture by changing hearts. For the other, religion is a handmaiden to the state.
Searching for What Works
By Marvin Olasky, Eli Lehrer
Some do-gooders accomplish little. Others roll up their sleeves and utterly change lives. With a sidebar by Eli Lehrer.
A Survey of Church-Government Anti-poverty Partnerships
By Amy L. Sherman
After three years, Charitable Choice has produced a modest number of notable public-private successes in fighting welfare dependency.
The Chicago Compromise
By Joe Loconte
Democratic public school officials in Chicago make no apologies for teaming up with ministers and religious schools-and their record speaks for itself.
A Downside to Government Support of Religious Charity?
By Carl Esbeck, Marshall Breger, Michael Horowitz, Robert Sirico
Experts debate the promises and perils of government-religious partnerships. With a sidebar by Robert Sirico.
Laying Down the Burden of Race
By Ward Connerly
The nation's leading opponent of race preferences recounts his own struggles with racial identity.
Moonstruck
By Bill Kauffman
An intriguing American historical novelist, Thomas Mallon, chats with TAE about fiction, American Politics, and spiritual astronomy.
End of An Illusion
By Blake Hurst
This failed experiment should end the notion that too little money is what ails bad schools.