Capitalism, as we all know, is a dandy system for creating wealth, but it
doesn't do squat for social justice. No reason to expect it to -- that's not
its job. Its moral imperative is: "Buy low, sell high."
Of course, there are...
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09 April 2000
I know -- one more opinion on Elian Gonzalez and you're going to urp. This
case has been sliced and diced from points of view legal, psychological,
political and international. It involves family values, family law, the Cold
War, the...
07 April 2000
AUSTIN, Texas -- We could be watching one of those rare etymological events
("etymology": the history of a particular word, the study of historical
linguistic change), as the meaning of a word changes before our eyes. Sort
of like watching...
06 April 2000
Oh Elian, we love you! We're the News Media. And you're incredibly special.
Many politicians, legal experts, psychologists, celebrities and pundits have wanted the world to know that they fervently desire what's best for you. We've...
04 April 2000
LOS ANGELES -- There's a certain kind of anti-California prejudice that has
always chapped my rear: "home of the fruits and nuts," "Berserkeley," "San
Francisco Democrats." As though Alabama weren't a trifle strange and Utah
didn't have...
30 March 2000
Nearly five years after its purchase of ABC, the Disney Company made
history in late March by subjecting a confused 6-year-old boy to a
preposterous "interview." For ABC News superstar Diane Sawyer, it was all
in a day's work. But former...
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