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70Use Caution in Changing the System
Stella Liebeck's $2.7 million infamous damage award in her lawsuit againt McDonald's attracted great national attention. The award, involving the spilling of hot coffee, was later reduced to below $500,000 on appeal. I wonder how many people know, or care, about that!
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71Newt, Bob: Just Balance the Budget
It would be great folly for Congress -- and the states (which must ratify amendments by a two-thirds vote) -- to clutter up the Constitution with amendments that thoughtlessly change the balance of power that is now finely balanced among the three branches of government.
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69Let's Be Kinder, Gentler
When George (H.W.) Bush ran for president he said he wanted "a kinder, gentler" nation. He said he wanted to be the "education president" and the "environmental president." Unfortunately, none of these things happened.
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72Better Cars, Not Slogans, Get Buyers
Many Americans have been snookered into believing it's patriotic to buy an "American" car, not a foreign car sold by one of those unfair, greedy capitalists overseas. In truth, when Americans buy inferior products we encourage inefficiency, poor engineering, poor design.
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58Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa
I learned early in life there is a chasm between Democrats and Republicans that's impossible to cross over. If you're a Democrat, you can't sit by and watch people suffer. If you're a Republican, you merely declare, "If I made it, so can you; fend for yourself."
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61Our Right To Be Wrong
It isn't mentioned in the Bill of Rights -- or anywhere in the U.S. Constitution -- but, in my judgment, it's one of our most important inalienable rights. It has a kinship to freedom of speech, but I call it by another name: The right to be wrong.
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57The Center Alone Can't Fill the Void
Americans, somewhere in the 1960's, began splintering away from the two-party system, which served the country well for decades. Many simply said, "A pox on both your houses," abandoning both major political parties. I believe they made a big mistake.
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60Did the Voters Buy a GOP Pig in a Poke?
Newt Gingrich, the freewheeling loose cannon who was elected Speaker of the House in 1995, used his position to lord it over the Democrats by bulldozing his so-called "Contract With America" through the lower legislative body of Congress. In the end, it failed.
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56'Contract' a Failed Strategy
The road to hell, it's been said, is paved with good intentions. While always praiseworthy, good intentions can, if you're not careful, take you down the primrose path. Newt Gingrich took us down that path with his so-called "Contract With America."
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71Revitalize America's Downtown
In the late '90s there was a renewed interest in America's ailing cities. Some employers set up shop in dying downtowns. Boston's Emerson College, for instance, bought property and built dormitories in a downtown area only a few subway stops from the infamous Combat Zone.
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