Aspen Ideas Festival

Fact:

Seventy-three percent of Americans say moral values in the country as a whole are getting worse, up from 69% last year.

—Gallup, May, 2012

Audio/Video: Society

Should we pay children to read books or get good grades? What about hiring mercenaries to fight our wars, paying people... See more

We're in a world full of good people, but who don't have a clear vocabulary for character. We don't have a moral... See more

By trying to provide the perfectly happy childhood, a generation of parents may be making it harder for their kids to... See more

How do religious values implicitly, as well as explicitly, influence our values? What sorts of religious institutions... See more

Organized sports were introduced to American life more than a century ago as not just a venue for entertainment but a... See more

Two very different scholars of American society look at the United States and the growing gap in values and behaviors... See more

Fact: Society

7% of babies have a Facebook page set up for them by a parent or guardian.

—Los Angeles Times, Oct. 2010