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How to do it right

Cover Story | George W. Bush has emphasized that his administration will not try to control or limit the independence of religious institutions-and yet, government grants commonly do bring oversight that can take a bite out of liberty. The way out of this dilemma is to distinguish carefully between two types of government grants, formula and discretionary, and then examine the elements of discretionary grants that can create shackles. Under formula grants, money and resources are provided on the basis

In from the cold

Cover Story | From emotional high to high-wire act in 48 hours: That was the pilgrim's progress last week of President Bush's proposals to bury an official secularism imposed during the 1960s and restore earlier understandings of church-state relations

In this issue: "Walking the tightrope," Feb. 10, 2001

Features

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Shedding light

National |  Easier breast-cancer screening; taking the edge off jet lag; counterfeit drugs seep into U.S. market

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Hanging together

National |  Many married couples who work through their problems wind up glad they didn't divorce

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Marriage merger

National |  Some on the left are joining forces with the cultural right to fight divorce, but America's divorce culture remains very strong

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Saying 'nope' to hope

National |  Government red tape has held up an urgently needed California rescue mission project for five years

Dispatches

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Quotables

You can make a Seinfeld episode about this. Airline customer service representative Kris Hansen, on a $200,000 sculpture planned for a corner of a parking…

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The No Comment Zone

Authorities evacuated over 11,000 students from De Anza College in Cupertino, Calif., after discovering that a student allegedly planned an elaborate mass…

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The Buzz

Aftermath in India: a double tragedy could end with more than 20,000 dead 'A one-two punch' Round a corner and there is nothing worse to see, there is only…

Reviews

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Video Rentals

Culture |  The top 5 videos in popularity as measured by rental receipts for the week ended Jan. 21

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Children's Books

Culture |  1 A Year Down Yonder Richard Peck PLOT It's 1937 and 15-year-old Mary Alice's father is out of work, so she must leave Chicago to live with her grandmother…

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Rated E for evil

Culture |  Some entertainment goes far beyond sex and violence

Voices

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Earth-shattering

Sometimes worldview is most evident when tragedy strikes

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Faith-based Fab Four

President Bush's new appointees face big challenges

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Noble aspirations

The quest for a better sandwich to the glory of God

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Mailbag

Sweet justice As a Missourian, I am extremely proud of John Ashcroft and his record, and I think that he will make an outstanding attorney general ("Under…

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