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69Bouquets, Brickbats, Ramblings
A large bouquet goes to all the charitable organizations that donate their time and energy to give the homeless a helping hand. At the same time, a brickbat goes to those childless citizens who balk at paying their share of taxes to fund our schools.
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66Equal Justice: Not Equal, Not Justice
Crime and punishment has always been complex. It rarely has been administered well. Dungeons and torture chambers have pretty much disappeared, but society has a long way to go to reach an intelligent, fair and just solution to the problems we face today.
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67We Should Be Reaching for the Stars
Old-timers like me lament the decline of moral and ethical values we've all witnessed over the last several decades. We were, and are, far from perfect. We've said and done things we're not proud of, but, then, we're human aren't we?
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62Who's Really Watching the Stock Market?
The Federal Reserve Board and the U.S. Treasury are not doing enough to protect the growing number of sheep-like investors from the growing number of financial wolves. "Big money interests" are playing the market like an accordian.
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72Sources Go With Facts
If I know something to be a fact, that's good enough for me. Nevertheless, you can't just state a fact without fear of contradiction. Often, when I state what to me is a fact, someone always wants to know: Where did you hear that? Answer? Today in History!
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64The Law: Not a Matter of Right, Wrong
New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's 1999 policy of "drive drunk, lose your car" made the New York Civil Liberties Union downright woozy. The policy, which faced a legal challenge by the CLU, is another example of officials trying to take the easy way out.
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65Big Banks Are Getting Out of Touch
The banking industry provides an excellent example of the arrogance and anti-consumer philosophy of the giant conglomerates. I am looking for a bank that will treat me like a customer. Is that too much to ask?
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67The Hour: What's in It for Me?
There's a lot of talk these days about the myriad problems newspapers in general have had keeping up with the times in these days of the Internet and so-called Information Highway. The newspaper industry as a whole has been slow in adapting to the new environment.
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72Boy Scouts Have It Right: Be Prepared
Why do government agencies -- city, state and federal -- invariably, and inevitably, wait until it's too late before taking action? It seems to me that government at every level should create a panel whose job it is to uncover potential problems.
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61On Trial: Justice System
It would have been obscenely inappropriate while the Clinton impeachment debacle was under way for anyone to compare his "Trial of the Century" with the other one -- you remember, O.J. Simpson. But both men were entitled to a fair trial.
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