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...even remotely like our late beloved Princess Di. We should be horrified and amazed if any member of the official "firm" behaved as Di has done over the past five years. Nor would it be possible, without some constitutional problems, for the Prince of Wales or his sons to adopt good causes in quite the way that...
...call Martin J. Kashfleau, whose life sometimes seems dominated by what he refers to as "tax implications," has worried all summer about how he can take advantage of more than just the capital-gains provision of the tax-reduction package. So far, he's worked out a plan to adopt both his Aunt Hilda and the gardener as a way of getting the full tax credit for children, but he's terribly concerned about whether the way the law is written makes it more sensible for him to stay alive for another 10 years, until the estate-tax provisions take...
...roots of the betrayal go back to June 1996, when the notion of rating Web content first took off. That was when Microsoft forced its myriad Websites to adopt a system that analyzes content according to the degree to which it contains sex, nudity, violence or obscene language. The official reason for this was to make the Net a "safe place" without government censorship--which made sense, I guess, given that the Supreme Court had not yet ruled the Communications Decency Act unconstitutional...
...also made good business sense for Microsoft to adopt an idea that adds value to one of its key products, the Internet Explorer. Explorer is the second most popular browser on the Web; a software component that gives parents the option to filter out the naughty bits is a big selling point...
...Forbid congressional fund raising while Congress is in session. In the old days, fund raising was done in one's district on vacations; now it's done in Washington between votes on highway bills. The House and Senate should adopt new rules: No member of the House or Senate may hold, participate in or attend political fund-raising activities while his or her branch of Congress is open for business. Here's my favorite part: if Trent Lott and Newt Gingrich bring it to a vote, no one will vote against...