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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: values

values stories: 6 news summaries
OPINION

 We Need More 
 Armstrongs, 
 Fewer Jackos 

Apollo astronauts exemplify what US celebs should be

Jul 21, 09 9:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - It’s unfortunate that American celebrity typically comes in the form of “uninteresting, detestable, loud, or unaccomplished people” like Michael Jackson and Paris Hilton, writes Bret Stephens in the Wall Street Journal. What society needs is more heroes like the Apollo astronauts—celebrities with “the right stuff,”... More »

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entertainment • Paris Hilton • culture • celebrity • Michael Jackson • Apollo missions • values • Neil Armstrong

ANALYSIS

 'Recession Babies' Will 
 Be Boring But Sensible 

Economic upheavals rear careful, dull generations

Mar 8, 09 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - If history tells us anything, it’s that our modern “recession babies” will grow up to be risk-averse bores. “Today’s youngest children are being raised in the same kind of protective bubble as the Depression babies,” Kate Zernike explains in the New York Times. “They... More »

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recession • youth • values • Great Depression

OPINION

Mock Her at Your Peril:
Palin Speaks Real American

Accent 'dissed' by elites is same tune favored by humble, common-sense majority

Oct 30, 08 1:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - The discomfort Sarah Palin causes in liberals, and even many conservatives, stems from a fundamental disconnect between the educated elite and real America, Michael Novak writes in the National Review. Solid, humble citizens hear a familiar ring to Palin’s oft-mocked accent: “The same guts. The same common sense.... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Michelle Obama • America • values • National Review • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • frontier • Michael Novak

Who Are You Calling a Socialist?

McCain: Obama's tax cut plan is 'welfare'; Dem: Mac 'out of touch'

Oct 19, 08 9:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Values and socialism dominated the sharp rhetoric on the campaign trail yesterday, as the presidential candidates exchanged fire over Barack Obama’s plan for middle-class tax cuts, Politico reports. At rallies in North Carolina and Virginia, two traditionally red states where Obama has made inroads, John McCain accused him of... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • taxes • middle class • socialism • welfare • values • Election 2008

OPINION

 Obama Needs to Work 
 on  'Big Idea' 

To relate to voters, clearer message imperative

Jun 24, 08 3:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite Barack Obama’s remarkable policy consistency, he "remains a puzzle to many voters," writes Dorothy Wickenden in the New Yorker. It's time to articulate a governing philosophy, she argues: “He has proved his steadiness of purpose without clearly defining his priorities.What, above all, does he... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Ronald Reagan • values

OPINION

Black Families Need Their
40 Acres

The ticket to black success is property ownership, says Gates

Nov 18, 07 3:22 PM CST
(Newser) - With a poll last week showing that African Americans no longer think of themselves as a "single race," Henry Louis Gates Jr explores causes of  the widening gap between middle class and poor blacks. His study of 20 highly successful African Americans, from Oprah to Whoopi to... More »

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African Americans • Oprah Winfrey • Whoopi Goldberg • poverty • homeownership • slavery • values • Frederick Douglass • homeowners

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