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Welfare to Work: Theory Meets Reality

A Firsthand - and Cautiously Optimistic - Report on Business Efforts to Hire and Train Welfare Re...

by Aaron Steelman

The American Enterprise, January 1998, pp. 60-63

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    1. Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7
    2. Sidelights, pp. 8-9
    3. Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 10-17
    4. Indicators: Numbers Etc., pp. 18-19
    5. "Live" with TAE by Clint Eastwood, pp. 20-25
    6. The Year in Review by P.J. O'Rourke, Christopher Hitchens, and Kate O'Beirne, ..., pp. 26-29
    7. Cold Water on Today's Prophets of Glee. by Joel Kotkin and David Friedman, pp. 30-34
    8. He Wouldn't Trade America's Problems for Any Other Country's. by Ben Wattenberg, pp. 35-37
    9. Gen X Is Ok, Part I by Edward E. Ericson, Jr., pp. 38-41
    10. Gen X Is Ok, Part II by Diana J. Schaub, pp. 42-45
    11. No, Gen X Is Not Ok by Peter Sacks, pp. 46-48
    12. An Intimate Profile of Generation X by Kristi Lockhart Keil, pp. 49-51
    13. Sex Codes on Campus by Arthur Levine and Jeanne Cureton, p. 52
    14. Growing Respect for Saving Sex by William Mattox, Jr., p. 53
    15. The Girls of Gen X by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead and Christina Hoff Sommers, ..., pp. 54-59
    16. Welfare to Work: Theory Meets Reality by Aaron Steelman, pp. 60-63
    17. How Churches Are Weaning People from Welfare by Amy L. Sherman, pp. 64-68
    18. Bring in the Moralists by Robert L. Woodson, Sr. and William Schambra, pp. 69-71
    19. ...and Make Sure Welfare Is Unappealing by Charles Murray, pp. 72-73
    20. Wrestles Calves in a Classic Western Ritual. by Hendrik Mills, p. 74
    21. A Talented, Conservative Gen X Daughter. by Blake Hurst, p. 75
    22. The Economist, pp. 76-79
    23. Flashback, pp. 80-81
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      1. Speaking Freely by Nat Hentoff
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    28. The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 86-90
    29. Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 91-94
    30. The Mail, pp. 95-98
    31. Cover Photographs by Tony Stone Images
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    March 1998 Issue = 30 Articles
    1. Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7
    2. Sidelights, pp. 8-9
    3. Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 10-17
    4. "Live" with TAE by Trace Adkins, Bill Anderson, Eddy Arnold, and Gary Chapman, ..., pp. 18-21
    5. Norman Rockwell - Great American Artist? by Karal Ann Marling, pp. 22-27
    6. Why the Elite Media Don't Understand America by Joel Kotkin and David Friedman, pp. 28-33
    7. Nashville Rides a Wave by Philip Langdon, pp. 34-39
    8. Why Do Boom Towns Boom? by Richard Miniter, pp. 40-43
    9. A Tennessee Political Ramble by Bill Kauffman, pp. 44-47
    10. The Land of Hip Religion by Scott Walter, pp. 48-51
    11. The Battle for Country Music's Soul by John Meroney, pp. 52-59
    12. Back to Basics by Evan Gahr, pp. 60-63
    13. Welfare Reform Showcase by Martin Morse Wooster, pp. 64-67
    14. Car Town by Blake Hurst and Julie Hurst, pp. 68-71
    15. Transcript: Words Worth Repeating, pp. 72-73
    16. The Joy of Hockey. by Mayer Schiller, p. 74
    17. Having an Eighth Child Turns His Family into Celebrities. by Richard Kinch, p. 74
    18. The Remorseless Mr. Boone. by Ray Wisher, p. 75
    19. The Economist, pp. 76-77
    20. Flashback, pp. 78-79
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    26. The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 86-90
    27. Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 91-94
    28. The Mail, p. 95
    29. Last Gasp, pp. 96-98
    30. Cover photograph by Mark Tucker
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    May 1998 Issue = 37 Articles
    1. Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7
    2. Sidelights, pp. 8-9
    3. Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 10-17
    4. Indicators: Numbers Etc., pp. 18-19
    5. "Live" with TAE by Randall Wallace, pp. 20-25
    6. The Problem with Day Care by Karl Zinsmeister, pp. 26-44
    7. Discovering Motherhood by Iris Krasnow, pp. 45-49
    8. Families Who Put Their Kids before Their Jobs and Survived, Even Thrived. by Evan Gahr, p. 50
    9. The Boom in Home Businesses - and What's Needed to Encourage This Family-Friendly Trend. by Richard Miniter, pp. 51-52
    10. Tax Policies That Support At-Home Parenting. by Maggie Gallagher, p. 53
    11. Pols Who Sniff at Moms Like Her. by Suzy Ryan, p. 54
    12. How a Free-Market Economist Learned That the Market Can't Provide Mothering. by Jennifer Roback Morse, pp. 55-57
    13. Cracks In Asia's Berlin Hall, p. 58
    14. Look Who's Declining Now by Leon Hadar, p. 59
    15. End of the Asian Model? by Lawrence Lindsey, p. 60
    16. Keep the Baby, Dump the Bathwater by Bruce Bartlett, p. 61
    17. Why Softening the Blow is a Mistake by James K. Glassman, p. 62
    18. Gravy Trains Don't Run On Time by William Safire, p. 63
    19. The Third Rail of Politics Switches Sides by Michael Barone, p. 64
    20. A Chance to Improve by Fareed Zakaria, pp. 64-67
    21. Transcript: Words Worth Repeating by Paul Johnson, pp. 68-69
    22. Catches a .38 Caliber Hollowpoint Bullet. by Ray Wisher, p. 70
    23. Incompetent Road Warriors. by Blake Hurst, pp. 70-71
    24. Enterprising, pp. 72-73
    25. The Economist, pp. 74-76
    26. Flashback, p. 77
    27. Hollywood Report, pp. 78-79
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    34. Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 90-93
    35. The Mail, pp. 94-95
    36. Last Gasp, pp. 96-98
    37. Cover photography by Stuart McClymont
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    2. Sidelights, pp. 8-9
    3. Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 10-17
    4. Indicators: Numbers Etc., pp. 18-19
    5. Two Views by Henry Rowen and James Lilley, pp. 20-21
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    8. China Will Bloom by Murray Weidenbaum, pp. 29-30
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    10. Dragon Droop by Mark Groombridge, pp. 34-35
    11. China's Foolish Miracle by P.J. O'Rourke, p. 36
    12. Why China Won't Become a Superpower Anytime Soon by Christopher Lingle, pp. 37-39
    13. The Chinese Military Threat by Arthur Waldron, pp. 40-43
    14. Don't Overestimate China's Power by Daniel Burstein and Arne de Keijzer, pp. 44-49
    15. Are the Chinese Ready for Liberty? by Steven Mosher, pp. 50-53
    16. China's New Population Problem by Nicholas Eberstadt, pp. 54-56
    17. 1998 America: Triumphant? Or in Trouble? by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, pp. 57-59
    18. Response by Edward E. Ericson, Jr., p. 60
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    20. --- by Mark Steyn, p. 62
    21. --- by John Lukacs, p. 63
    22. --- by David Aikman, p. 64
    23. --- by Michael Novak, p. 65
    24. The Cure for Multiple Shootings by John Lott, pp. 66-67
    25. How Washington Killed Affordable Housing by John Norquist, pp. 68-70
    26. Raising Two Daughters Has Sapped His Attraction to Ayn Rand. by Blake Hurst, p. 71
    27. Human Gold in Junkyards. by Dale Anema, p. 72
    28. Enterprising, p. 73
    29. The Economist by Ramesh Ponnuru, pp. 74-75
    30. Flashback, pp. 76-77
    31. Hollywood Report, pp. 78-79
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    37. Opinion Pulse, pp. 90-93
    38. The Mail, pp. 94-95
    39. Last Gasp, pp. 96-98
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    1. Bird's Eye by Robert Royal, pp. 4-7
    2. Sidelights, pp. 8-9
    3. Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 10-17
    4. Indicators: Numbers Etc., pp. 18-19
    5. "Live" with TAE by Paul Johnson, pp. 20-23
    6. Cities Need Leaders by Joel Kotkin, pp. 24-27
    7. Where Business and Philanthropy Flourish by Michael Barone, pp. 28-29
    8. The Phony War between Science & Religion by Frederick Turner, pp. 30-33
    9. Not a Chance by Dean Overman, pp. 34-37
    10. The Materialist Superstition by George Gilder, pp. 38-42
    11. Deadly Social Engineering by Daniel Mahoney, pp. 43-44
    12. How "Scientific" Materialism Eroded Freedom by John G. West, pp. 45-46
    13. The Curious Affair of Carl Sagan and E.T. by Peter Augustine Lawler, pp. 47-49
    14. Medicine for Body and Soul by Evan Gahr, pp. 50-52
    15. Can a Scientist Believe in God? by Brendan Miniter, pp. 53-54
    16. The Heroic Promise of the Revolution in Genetics. by Clarisa Long, pp. 55-56
    17. How to Copy Sheep - and Why Not to Copy People. by Ian Wilmut, pp. 57-58
    18. Fleeing Science and Reason by Christina Hoff Sommers, p. 59
    19. How to Win Arguments and Delude People by Disguising Your Opinion as Science. by Stephen L. Carter, p. 60
    20. I.Q. and the Left by Ronald Bailey, p. 61
    21. NASA Must Go. by Richard Miniter, pp. 62-64
    22. Where a Giant Government Bureaucracy Has Failed, X Programs Could Succeed. by Jerry Pournelle, pp. 65-66
    23. The Early Apollo Program Succeeded Thanks to Its Happy Band of Brothers. by Charles Murray and Catherine Bly Cox, p. 67
    24. Sciences vs. Humanities in School by Eli Lehrer, pp. 68-70
    25. Saving Lives with Penicillin - and DDT. by Joseph J. Jacobs, p. 71
    26. Better Farming Through Chemicals. by Blake Hurst, pp. 71-72
    27. The Economist by Kevin Hassett, pp. 73-74
    28. Flashback, p. 75
    29. Hollywood Report, pp. 76-77
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    35. The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 85-89
    36. Opinion Pulse, pp. 90-94
    37. The Mail, p. 95
    38. Last Gasp, pp. 96-98
    39. Cover by Tony Stone Images
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    1. Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7
    2. Sidelights, pp. 8-9
    3. Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 10-17
    4. Indicators: Numbers Etc., pp. 18-19
    5. "Live" with TAE by Leonard Garment, pp. 20-23
    6. The Greatest Story Never Told by Deroy Murdock, pp. 24-27
    7. The Strangely Fragile Black Middle Class by Richard Miniter, pp. 28-35
    8. "We Want to Depend on Ourselves" by Eli Lehrer, pp. 36-37
    9. Out of the Box by Bill Kauffman, pp. 38-41
    10. The Rise of the Black Independent by Andrew Peyton Thomas, pp. 42-47
    11. When Race Matters, and When It Doesn't by Marvin Olasky, p. 48
    12. --- by Hendrik Mills, p. 49
    13. --- by Michael Lynch, p. 50
    14. --- by Dinesh D'Souza, pp. 51-53
    15. The Hate That Dare Not Speak Its Name by Ying Ma, pp. 54-56
    16. A Deadly Mix by Hendrik Mills, pp. 57-59
    17. The Fix by Nina Shokraii Rees, pp. 60-61
    18. Bulworthless by Evan Gahr, pp. 62-64
    19. What Clinton's Year-Long Rap on Race Left Out by Larry Elder, p. 65
    20. Be Fair to All the Disadvantaged by Edward I Koch, p. 66
    21. The Racism Industry by Jonetta Rose Barras, p. 66
    22. Black America's True Heroes by John Sibley Butler, p. 67
    23. Start with Individuals by Nat Hentoff, p. 68
    24. The Preference Problem by Linda Chavez, p. 68
    25. Don't Ignore Religion by John J. DiIulio, Jr., p. 69
    26. Transcript: Words Worth Repeating by Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois, pp. 70-72
    27. A Searing Meeting of the Minds at a Hotel Bar. by Dale Anema, p. 73
    28. His Far-Out Business. by Michael Casper, p. 74
    29. The Economist, pp. 75-77
    30. Flashback, p. 78
    31. Hollywood Report, p. 79
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    37. The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 85-89
    38. Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 90-93
    39. The Mail, pp. 94-95
    40. Last Gasp, pp. 96-98
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