With the Senate set to take up its measure on Monday, a fight over federal funding for abortion is threatening to thwart the bill — a development that has both galvanized the abortion rights movement and forced its leaders to turn inward, raising questions about how to carry their agenda forward in a complex, 21st-century world.
"We try to go beyond inward-looking questions," said Edward Pauly, the foundation's evaluation director.
"With a recession and war, the conflict has indeed seemed to turn inward, as we question our fiscal, political and moral status.
Writers better than I will look inward at the question of war's impact on the heart and soul of our nation and our military.
The "callousness" with which Beijing has blocked some inward investments raises questions about its seriousness toward cross-border investments both ways, Mr. Rosen and Mr. Hanemann said.
We are looking inward and we ask questions about our culture".
As a young adult, I would hear about how men supposedly thought about sex every seven seconds, and immediately I turned inward with shame and questions.
After learning that I was gay 26 years ago, my mother allowed herself to ask hard questions, looking inward and outward with the depth of a religious scholar into matters of mind, heart and spirit, and has become an inspiring advocate for equality and tolerance within her church, community and our extended family.
Your questions can reflect a quality or capacity that you are growing into, such as, "how can I be more generous?" Or your questions can address those things that trouble you, such as, "How can we create a sustainable world for the next generation?" Whether directed inward or outward, asking powerful questions is one of the most generative ways you can step into your legacy.
When his psychiatrist asks the patient why he thinks he became a patient instead of a psychologist, the question seems aimed both inward and outward.
