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Mrs. Taylor's neighborhood

by Bob Jones

Cover Story | Even as local governments struggle to innovate their public assistance--from welfare reform to Medicare to education-cities such as Milwaukee are increasingly looking to the private sector for answers

[http://www.worldmag.com/1998/05/mrs_taylor_s_neighborhood]

In this issue: "Charity begins at home," May 16, 1998

Features

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Renewing Ecuadorian compassion

International |  The motorboat loaded with foodstuffs slows, and Quito pastor Hugo Palacios shouts to a flood victim to come ashore. "We bring these rations on behalf of the…

[http://www.worldmag.com/1998/05/renewing_ecuadorian_compassion]

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The El Niño harvest

International |  Weather disturbance is more than an inconvenience; it places at risk a way of life in Ecuador

[http://www.worldmag.com/1998/05/the_el_ni_no_harvest]

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Clinton's tangled Webb

by Cal Thomas

National |  To roll or not to roll; for the president's jailhouse buddies, that is the question

[http://www.worldmag.com/1998/05/clinton_s_tangled_webb]

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Congressman "No"

by Bob Jones

National |  A "little-L" libertarian, Ron Paul is almost always alone voting against "big-G" government

[http://www.worldmag.com/1998/05/congressman_no]

Dispatches

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Quotables

Payoff Clinton. Notation by Susan McDougal on an August 1983 check for $5,081.82 that she signed over to Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan. President…

[http://www.worldmag.com/1998/05/quotables_1]

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This Week

Changing the subject First, the president and his defenders were shocked, shocked about the invasion of Webster Hubbell's privacy after tapes of his…

[http://www.worldmag.com/1998/05/this_week_1]

Reviews

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Books: Down the tunnel of light

by Les Sillars

Books |  Christian physician is skeptical of near death experiences on the basis of medicine and the Bible

[http://www.worldmag.com/1998/05/books_down_the_tunnel_of_light]

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Obituary of worldviews

by Chris Stamper

Culture |  Death of postmodernism & other cultural buzz

[http://www.worldmag.com/1998/05/obituary_of_worldviews]

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Books: A theory of everything

by Roy Maynard

Books |  Harvard scientist thinks he has it all figured out

[http://www.worldmag.com/1998/05/books_a_theory_of_everything]

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The new Pharisees

by Gene Edward Veith

Culture |  In an age of morality lite, America wants self-righteousness without righteousness

[http://www.worldmag.com/1998/05/the_new_pharisees]

Voices

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God's guardian angels

by Joel Belz

We have a big assignment-but defending him isn't part of it

[http://www.worldmag.com/1998/05/god_s_guardian_angels]

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On being average

by William H. Smith

An address to the graduating class of 1998

[http://www.worldmag.com/1998/05/on_being_average]

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Mailbag

Do your thing Mr. Belz, the "very thought of Christians by the thousands deliberately choosing to flee from the culture we are called here to affect" does not…

[http://www.worldmag.com/1998/05/mailbag_1]

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Winning the South

by Marvin Olasky

Samuel Davies's godly preaching took Virginia by storm

[http://www.worldmag.com/1998/05/winning_the_south]

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