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Riding the rapids

Riding the rapids

Cover Story | Grand Canyon rocks challenge Christian colleges' divergent stands on evolution

In this issue: "Rocks in their heads?," Sept. 11, 2010

Features

Life together
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Life together

Back to School |  College-level integrated learning for the disabled helps everyone

Battleground
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Battleground

9/11 |  On the ninth anniversary of attacks, Ground Zero is a more contested site than ever

Working-class blues
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Working-class blues

Campaign 2010 |  In one industrial heartland, challengers are in and establishment is out

Wartime disaster
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Wartime disaster

Pakistan |  Floodwaters don't stop for contested areas of Pakistan, nor halt a battle to bring relief between militants and true caregivers

Charlotte Mason's web
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Charlotte Mason's web

Back to School |  With an emphasis on big ideas, an educational philosopher from the 19th century is becoming popularized in 21st-century America

Failing grade
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Failing grade

Back to School |  When schools don't succeed, sometimes shuttering them is the only solution

What money can't buy
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What money can't buy

Back to School |  Shocking facts underscoring the need for school reform are on display in two education documentaries

Stitches in time
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Stitches in time

Fashion |  Costume maker Tara Hawks finds a way to connect New York's fashion world to African women in need

<em>The Cartel</em>

The Cartel

Back to School |  The state of New Jersey spends the most money per pupil and has dismal test scores to show for it. The Cartel , an education documentary by journalist Bob…

Dispatches

A milestone
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A milestone

Combat forces in Iraq exit quietly but resurgent militants lurk

Assault behind bars
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Assault behind bars

And other news briefs

Looking Ahead
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Looking Ahead

Oktoberfest Germans and beer lovers around the world will lift a stein on Sept. 18-200 years after the original festival. In the two centuries since,

Stem-cell freeze
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Stem-cell freeze

No go on federally funded embryonic research-for now

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Human Race

Absolved After a six-year investigation, the Justice Department decided not to bring corruption charges against former Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, over his ties…

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Quotables

"23 down, 1 to go." Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on the hung jury that convicted him on one count of lying to federal agents. Federal jurors…

Quick Takes
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Quick Takes

Mind over matter If you want to see one item on sale on eBay from a Melbourne, Australia, merchant, you'll need some imagination. That's because eBay merchant…

Reviews

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Box Office Top 10

Movies |  For the weekend of Aug. 20-22, ­according to Box Office Mojo

Flipped
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Flipped

Movies |  For those turned off by the superficial base of recent young love movies (i.e., Twilight 's Edward loves Bella because of her intoxicating smell, she falls for…

Nanny McPhee Returns
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Nanny McPhee Returns

Movies |  The sequel to Nanny McPhee is a labor of love for British star Emma Thompson. Not only did she write the script and star in the film, she also created a…

The Switch
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The Switch

Movies |  Family planning goes awry in The Switch , a twisted but humorous take on the moral and emotional pitfalls of artificial insemination that explores, in…

No superheroes
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No superheroes

Movies |  In Waiting for 'Superman' adult special interests mar children's education

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Notable CDs

Notable CDs |  Four new releases reviewed by Arsenio Orteza

Crazy green
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Crazy green

Music |  Sheryl Crow may be demanding, but her new album is charming

Listening to the people
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Listening to the people

Campaign 2010 |  Accurate polling is a challenge, says Scott Rasmussen, but it's more necessary than ever

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Notable books

Notable Books |  Four books with educational themes reviewed by Susan Olasky

The case for youth
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The case for youth

Books |  Authors make biblical and scientific arguments for a young earth

Notebook

Not-so-great expectations
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Not-so-great expectations

Money |  Facing a slow recovery, the Fed pumps more money into the economy

Jet stream
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Jet stream

Sports |  A blustering media fanned Dungy's innocuous views into 'reality' news

Qassiarsuk
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Qassiarsuk

Houses of God |  Greenland

Humbled science
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Humbled science

Science |  Once-bold scientists admit limitations of sequencing the human genome

Tech wrecks
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Tech wrecks

Technology |  Are some people allergic to computer monitors?

Buy the books
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Buy the books

Lifestyle |  Online sellers of textbooks are competing for the business of college students

Voices

Critical masses
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Critical masses

Education has become an exercise in tearing down without rebuilding

Influence peddling
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Influence peddling

Did the U.S. go too far in underwriting Kenya's new constitution?

Together too soon
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Together too soon

Despite popular myths, cohabitation is destructive to couples, children, and society

Rattlesnakes and Kool-Aid
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Rattlesnakes and Kool-Aid

What's wrong with calling in the county sheriff when religious liberty becomes a dangerous thing?

Sojourners and Soros: The sequel
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Sojourners and Soros: The sequel

Finessing financials and the left

Wanted: Spiritual eyes
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Wanted: Spiritual eyes

Recognizing the good gifts and perfect gifts from God

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Letters from our readers

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