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...political and a fiendish meritocracy. Underpaid and undereducated, the SEC staff and enforcement personnel must bring home the bacon to headquarters, or their jobs are on the line. (Was Shapiro’s deciding vote against Goldman intended to make up for her sin of oversight with Madoff?) The SEC staff, like the traffic cop at the end of the month, must meet a quota for writing tickets—or, in effect, they must find some dirt on the companies they examine, whether it’s there...
Best or worst lie you’ve ever told: Lying’s a sin...
...Catholic Church leaders really believe the rape of children was not a crime and sin against God? Any moral authority the church had in the past has been destroyed by the attempted worldwide cover-up of the most heinous of crimes. James Corcoran, Middletown...
...Calmer celebrations might bring back to memory the real reason for all the splashing: the promise of rain. Chinese scholars often trace the Songkran festival back to India. Classic Hindu texts describe water-splashing as a means of washing away sin on the occasion of the New Year, when deities would visit the land of the living. Since at this time the gods are so close, it is also an opportune moment to ask for precipitation; splashing therefore becomes a way of praying for plenty. By sprinkling water, the Dai, like the Indians before them, should be attempting to entice...
...Catholic Church leaders really believe the rape of children was not a crime and sin against God? Any moral authority the church had in the past has been destroyed by the attempted worldwide cover-up of the most heinous of crimes...