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...appreciated the Viewpoint column on the Enron verdicts by the company's whistle-blower, Sherron Watkins [June 5]. I agree with her argument that humility is a basic ingredient of a spiritual life. No matter how often he invokes Scripture, Enron's founder, Ken Lay, will never learn that stealing is wrong until he finds some of that elusive characteristic. But there is hope: some people learn that valuable lesson in prison. GARY ROE Santa Cruz, Calif...
...very exciting. "People say, well, is fiscal responsibility a progressive issue?" Clinton said. "Well, if the strategy on the other side is to bankrupt the government so that it can't do anything like enforce election laws, like have a functioning FEMA, like take care of people's most basic needs, they're doing a good job of it. Fiscal responsibility gives us an opportunity to promote a progressive agenda. What do you think we were doing in the 1990s...
...relationships," says one. And as for letting a master narrative guide one's writing, there are few narratives more over-arching than the presumption that most mainstream journalists are corrupt, weak-willed shills who hobnob with sources at cocktail parties and protect the establishment at the cost of our basic rights. Except, that is, for the new master narrative: empowered netizens speaking brave and uncomfortable truths to power...
...been doing in their backyards, but that won't wash any more," the report states. "Several European nations have been the United States' partner in crime," says Larry Cox, Amnesty's USA executive director. "The bottom line is that without Europe's assistance, fewer men would be denied basic rights...
...like a movie star now. I don't know about that. I'm on basic cable. I come with a package, so it's not that big a deal...