America: Land of Loners? by Daniel Akst - http://www.wilsonquarterly.com/article...
Aug 14, 2010
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"Now that family life is in turmoil, reinvigorating our notion of friendship—to mean something more than mere familiarity—could help fill some of the void left by disintegrating household arrangements and social connections frayed by the stubborn individualism of our times."
- Fred Yankowski