Commentary

It seems as if, everywhere you turn these days, there are studies claiming to show that America has lost its upward mobility for people born in the lower socioeconomic levels. But there is a sharp difference between upward "mobility," defined as an opportunity to rise, and mobility defined as actually having risen. 

 

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The importance of spirituality is more acceptable in therapy especially in substance and chemical abuse treatment. In a survey of 317 addiction treatment professionals, 84 per cent believed spirituality should be incorporated into the treatment.

 

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Politics is often like war. Unfortunately, politicians, the media and the voting public seldom have the same degree of

realism and discipline with which professional soldiers fight wars. You can indulge your emotions and base your

decisions on wishful thinking in politics, in a way that you are not likely to when your own life is on the line in battle

 

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The shopping mall can become a shopping maul. One  of the ways of buying gifts for family and friends, without 

becoming part of a mob scene in the stores, is to shop on the Internet. However, for many kinds of gifts, you want to be

able to see it directly, and perhaps handle it, before you part with your hard-earned cash for it.

 

 

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Depressing news about black students scoring far below white students on various mental tests has become so familiar that people in different parts of the ideological spectrum have long ago developed their different explanations for why this is so. But both may have to do some rethinking, in light of radically different news from England.

 

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Bob Costas is one of the premier sportscasters and a very smart guy, so it was somewhat surprising to see him join the chorus of those decrying the fact that the owner of the Washington Redskins is resisting the pressures to change the name of his football team.

 

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