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CREDIT: [TMFONT 1 d #666666 d {Source: The Heritage Foundation; Empower Americ}]CAPTION: INDEX OF LEADING CULTURAL INDICATORS

Since 1968, Americans have looked to the Commerce Department's Index of leading Economic Indicators to spot economic trends. Now former U.S. Education czar William J. Bennett has compiled a list of social indicators. They point, he says, to a stark decline in American cultural values.