THE INDEX OF LEADING CULTURAL INDICATORS by William J. Bennett (Simon and Schuster) Number of times excessive social spending is invoked in juxtaposition to a declining cultural indicator: 14 Number of times arguments are made for greater social spending on police and prisons: 4 Number of times twenty years of Republican administration social policies (1968-1976, 1980-1992) are invoked in juxtaposition to a declining cultural indicator: 0 Number of times Presidents and Prime Ministers are quoted: 4 Number of times Hillary Rodham Clinton is quoted: 1 Number of times Plato is quoted: 1 Number of times James Q. Wilson is quoted: 3 Number of times Ronald Reagan is quoted: 0 Number of times I have voted for Democratic Presidential candidates since becoming eligible to vote in 1979: 3 Number of fundamental disagreements I have with Bennett's thesis that there has been a profound and tragic deterioration in the quality of American life since 1960: 0
Editor's Recommendations, Summer 1996In this inaugural edition of IBIC's Featured Books, I'd like to draw your attention to several titles which have helped to shape my life and thinking.
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