Cover Story: Involved, Caring America's Youth in Action (Youths' Eyes on the World)
Celebrated Essays of the 2000 Humanist Essay Contest
The compassion and concern of youth today is ably demonstrated in the selection of prize-winning and honorable mention essays published in this issue under this heading and as one feature ("First Person"). Often collectively denigrated or dismissed, this generation of caring young women and men demonstrate here thoughtful analysis of some of the issues important to society today and offer constructive ideas on how to address them.
The New Dawn of the Student Revolution
by Mac Lojowsky
A World without Landmines
by Felicity Fields
Animal Research
by Sarah Rose A. Miller
The Future of Mental Health Awareness: A Global Perspective
by Kathryn S. Bennett
Is Surrogate Motherhood Moral?
by Elizabeth Pyton
Articles:
Religion, Politics, and the Fear of Whole Language Education
by Gregory Shafer
It's liberating. It's empowering. And that's exactly why most religionists and traditionalists fear it. But Whole Language offers students the best chance for a constructive education, as it teaches them to apply independent thought as they learn.
Sacred Texts: The Myth of Historical Literalism
by Jeremy Patrick
What do the Bible and the U.S. Constitution have in common? Both have been held in reverence and have inspired literalistic interpretations that attempt to offer authoritative final answers.
Features:
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
UP FRONT:
Dancing-or Yawning-on the Grave of Carlo Giuliani
With Globalization, Poverty Is Optional
CREATIVE CONTROVERSY:
Humanist Values, Brain, Science, and "Mind-Reading"
