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The death of discipline?

Cover Story | Children must still cringe at the parental phrase, "This will hurt me more than it hurts you." But these days, it's literally true: The pain of a lawsuit lingers long after the disciplinary lash has faded from memory.

In this issue: "The death of discipline?," June 26, 1999

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Making children smile

International |  A group of Texas plastic surgeons use their skills to help third-world kids "because it's the right thing to do"

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Trade split

International |  What to do about trade with China: Six Republican presidential hopefuls are decidedly 3-3 on whether to do business

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Religion Notes

National |  Serb church: Slobo should go Appealing to "every sensible person" in Yugoslavia, the Serbian Orthodox Church on June 14 called for President Slobodan…

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Unaffirmative action

National |  Black vendor sues "racist" city program

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Dept. of Reeducation

National |  Conservatives rally against anti-"hate crimes" curriculum that links Christianity to hatred and violence

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What a joke

National |  "Court Jester" awards provide comic relief after a year of staid judicial activism

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Hastert's House

National |  A conversation with the quiet House Speaker

Dispatches

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Back to the future

Star Trek's "country doctor" dies, old-time radio, and other cultural buzz

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Quotables

Music can do two things. It can build bridges and make people understand each other and their differences. Or it can dig the ditch and make the problem…

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News & Reviews

Bush: "I'm running" The race is on George W. Bush last week made explicit his intention to run for president. In a room full of supporters chanting "run,

Reviews

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Books: Be good or get eaten

Books |  Does the new vogue of Victorian children's books reflect a desire for morality without God?

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Retail responsibility

Culture |  As Wal-Mart is showing, it's the middlemen who can clean up the cultural marketplace

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A step too far, for now

Culture |  The American Psychological Association backpedals on pedophilia

Voices

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Mailbag

Cancel that Like some who don't approve of some of your journalistic choices, I have been thinking of canceling my subscription. Then, in a recent issue, you…

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Woodrow and Bill

Making the world safe for hypocrisy and low-pocrisy

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Season of the witch

Something Wicca this way comes

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Ain't over till it ends well

The language of peace has become a very slippery thing

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