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...better than Forbes by going after him," said Keyes, whose campaign is running on a shoestring budget of mostly small contributions. You stick with what got you that strong finish in Iowa, the saber-rattling promise that we're in the throes of a moral crisis in America, thanks in part to the dog sitter who occupies the White House. A crisis that can only be rectified by understanding that our rights, as outlined in the Declaration of Independence, "come from the Creator...
Enter Jesse Jackson. Jackson, from whatever perch he surveys potential opportunities for race-baiting, took notice of this clear-cut disciplinary case and decided that it was once again time to rattle his rusting saber. He descended upon Decatur, and along with his Rainbow/PUSH coalition organized protests and filed a lawsuit on behalf of the expelled students. Jackson intimated at school board racism and seized on the board's "zero-tolerance" policy regarding violence, claiming that it violated the students' constitutional rights...
There was a time when Americans were apt to connect the owning of art with the possession of virtue, but that is long gone. We know in our heart of hearts that the Rothko on the boardroom wall does not turn the saber-toothed CEO into Bambi and that some of the nastiest beasts in history, such as Hermann Goring, have been sincere and knowledgeable art lovers. Moreover, being an important collector doesn't even show that you have halfway decent manners, let alone morals. Witness the late Dr. Albert Barnes, who before World War I became a multimillionaire from...
...want of a light saber, a toy drum, a doll, a jigsaw puzzle and a Slinky, Elizabeth Bernard almost stopped believing in the e-commerce Santa Claus. The Louisiana mother of three and veteran online shopper chose her presents at Sears' wishbook.com way back on Dec. 6--well within the holiday-delivery comfort zone. But by Dec. 14, her $250 box of goodies was still stuck in cyber limbo. She dialed customer service, and a cheery representative told Bernard that her order didn't exist. More than 10 anguished calls later, she clicked on FAO Schwarz fao.com) which rushed...
...created around him. (Asked what he thought he should be paid, Einstein, a financial innocent, suggested $3,000 a year. The hardheaded Elsa got that upped to $16,000.) Though occupied with his lonely struggle to unify gravity and electromagnetism in a single mathematical framework, he watched Germany's saber rattling with alarm. Despite his earlier pacifism, he spoke in favor of military action against Hitler. Without fanfare, he helped scores of Jewish refugees get into an unwelcoming U.S., including a young photographer named Philippe Halsman, who would take the most famous picture of him (reproduced on the cover...