Articles by Bethany Stotts

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CUFI on Campus

Pastor John Hagee, founder of the pro-Israel lobbying group, Christians United For Israel, expressed his own concern about the obstacles facing pro-Israel students on campus at this year’s CUFI summit.

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Freudian Falloff

Are Freudian analyses of the human mind becoming a thing of the past? A new study released this month finds that psychiatric practices are increasingly opting for medical therapies over the traditional “couch talks” that once symbolized this mental health profession.

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Good Money After Bad

When gas prices are at record highs and American families are feeling the economic pinch, Congress may just decide to boost gas prices even higher. Their reason will be to save jobs.

College Prep

Historical Progress?

Despite what Americans have been hearing about the nation’s poor civics literacy, renowned education reformer Diane Ravitch suggests that, on historical subjects at least, civics education may have made “some headway.”

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Gadfly or Watchdog?

Surprisingly, my recent article on the subject raised complaints not from Dr. Schatzberg, but from Dr. Bernard Carroll and UCLA Professor Dr. Robert Rubin—two doctors who confronted Dr. Schatzberg for his shoddy science and conflicts-of-interest in 2004.

College Prep

Pop Quiz

How much do American high-schoolers know about their literary heritage? Not much, apparently.

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Days of Silence

Same-sex marriage isn’t the only pro-gay policy making waves in California. Now school districts with bullying problems are forming alliances with gay rights organizations, often at the behest of the American Civil Liberties Union.

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Academic Morning After Profits

Senator Grassley is investigating medical researchers at 20 universities for conflicts of interest, focusing in particular on Stanford University’s Dr. Alan Schatzberg.

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Albright Unplugged

This correspondent recently unearthed another cause influenced by Albright’s leadership: a transnational communitarian project called “Diversity within Unity.”

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On Evil

Professor Philip Zimbardo, known for his infamous Stanford Prison Experiment of 1971, discusses what circumstances make people do bad things.

Book Reviews

American Dream Revisited

In his new book, Gross National Happiness, Brooks attempts to show that mainstream family values and morality cause Americans happiness.