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Social Insecurity

by Bob Jones

Cover Story | It has been known as the third rail of politics: Touch it and die. Democrats and organized labor drew some Republican blood last November by frightening the elderly electorate about GOP intentions for Social Security--but the Republican Congress held, and the political axiom changed: Don't touch it and it will die. Social Security is in trouble, and Washington may actually be ready to reform the system. There may be no other choice.

[http://www.worldmag.com/1997/01/social_insecurity]

In this issue: "Social Security," Jan. 11, 1997

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Belgrade protesters are demanding democracy

by Mindy Belz

International |  U.S. on the wrong side, and evangelicals stuck in the middle

[http://www.worldmag.com/1997/01/belgrade_protesters_are_demanding_democracy]

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The battle of Boerne

by John W. Alexander

National |  Zoning dispute becomes Supreme Court fight over RFRA

[http://www.worldmag.com/1997/01/the_battle_of_boerne]

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Dust in the wind

National |  New government air standards scientifically unwarranted

[http://www.worldmag.com/1997/01/dust_in_the_wind]

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Privatization works

by Cal Thomas

National |  To reform Social Security? Take a look at Chile's success

[http://www.worldmag.com/1997/01/privatization_works]

Dispatches

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Quotables

You don't have to go to school to learn to talk garbage. JESSE JACKSON, upon learning that Oakland (Calif.) public-school officials had planned to recognize…

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This Week

Bill and Newt Three days after exposing the Democratic Party's "National Asian Pacific American Campaign Plan," The New York Times celebrated New Year's Eve…

[http://www.worldmag.com/1997/01/this_week]

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Whither them? Us?

by Doug Bandow

Books |  Both ex-communists and Americans must face moral issues

[http://www.worldmag.com/1997/01/whither_them_us]

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Poetic license

by Arsenio Orteza

Culture |  Poets on disc show good and bad of our cultural heritage

[http://www.worldmag.com/1997/01/poetic_license]

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TV: Overrated?

by Gene Edward Veith

Culture |  What the controversial new rating system really means

[http://www.worldmag.com/1997/01/tv_overrated]

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Culture Notes

Culture |  I don't want my MTV Plagued by four years of flat ratings, MTV is planning to cut back the rap, grunge, alternative, and non-music programming, in favor of a…

[http://www.worldmag.com/1997/01/culture_notes]

Voices

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Mailbag

Passionate dispassion Bravo! Thanks so much for your excellent coverage on modern martyrs (Nov. 30/Dec. 7 issue). As someone who has worked on these issues in…

[http://www.worldmag.com/1997/01/mailbag]

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The price of success

What the church needs are saints willing to pay with failure

[http://www.worldmag.com/1997/01/the_price_of_success]

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The starting point

by Joel Belz

We'll never change society until we ourselves are changed

[http://www.worldmag.com/1997/01/the_starting_point]

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Witchhunts

by Marvin Olasky

They usually display faults-of the accused or the accuser

[http://www.worldmag.com/1997/01/witchhunts]

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