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Iraqis in America
Katie Paul 7/4/2009 12:00:00 AM
As Robert Frost saw it, home is the place where, when you have to go there they have to take you in. That may be true, but for many of America's newest arrivals, it's not as clear cut. That's perhaps felt most acutely among the Iraqi population that has been resettled in the United States in the past few years, after some 5 million were displaced by the war.
Out of Work, Out of Hope
Nancy Cook 7/2/2009 12:00:00 AM
At this point in her life, Kelley Krostoski has a few relatively simple expectations: a successful career as a high tech and management consultant that would easily afford her the ability to pay her two daughters' college tuition, plus enough for a comfortable retirement in her town of Beaverton just outside of Portland, Ore.
The Capitalist Manifesto
6/20/2009 12:00:00 AM
It always amazes me when writers purport to enlighten us on capitalism, then ignore the writings of Adam Smith, the author of the real capitalist manifesto, The Wealth of Nations. Smith made a very clear distinction between self-interest and greed. He thought greed to any degree was a threat to capitalism. His ideas are a far cry from what most writers argue, which is that greed is good, that taxes and regulations hurt capitalism and that free markets solve all problems.Steven Telleen, Livermore, Calif.
Life on Ice
6/19/2009 12:00:00 AM
Police cruisers typically escort heads of state, but on a November morning in 1995, the VIP heading down California's Highway 405 was an ordinary-looking moving truck. It was, however, carrying some particularly fragile cargo: several metal tanks, each just larger than a beer keg, containing a total of roughly 2,000 frozen human embryos. They were being transported from a scandal-plagued IVF clinic in Laguna Hills, Calif., to their new adoptive home in Newport Beach. Today, many still remain there, unclaimed. The embryos' unusual journey illustrates just how complicated the business of assisted reproduction can get.
Stephen Colbert, Guest Editor (Seriously)
6/13/2009 12:00:00 AM
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How Getting Married Made Me An Activist
David J. Jefferson 11/15/2008 12:00:00 AM
Proposition 8 has changed my life. Just one month ago, when it looked like the gay marriage ban was winning support here in my home state, I turned to my partner of seven years and told him we'd better say "I do" before California voters told us "you can't." Immediately, Jeff Bechtloff and I jumped into full "Bridezilla" mode. We ordered a three-tiered mocha-chip wedding cake from the best bakery in Los Angeles (which now carries same-sex cake toppers). We pulled together a soundtrack of Frank Sinatra songs to play in lieu of "Here Comes the Bride." We asked NEWSWEEK's film critic David Ansen and his friend Mary Corey to do a reading from our favorite romantic film, "Breakfast at Tiffany's." We went flower shopping with my high-school girlfriend, who made the table arrangements and corsages for us.