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Regarding the recent "Life on the Bench" editorial concerning Peter J. Howe's reading graffiti ("Liber Als Suck," to beprecise) on a subway bench, I would like to suggest that if the basic American conservative philosophy can be summarized as "men must be free" then the basic liberal argument can be simplified to "all men must be equal...
...SITTING ON a wooden bench outside a T station the other day. Like most wooden benches outside T stations (those monolithic expressions of suburban alienation) this one was spattered with graffiti. I've always liked graffiti, particularly in the carrels in Lamont when I've got a final the next morning. So I passed my wait by reading the graffiti on this particular bench...
...second place, libertarian militarists--at least in Massachusetts, where the bench I was sitting on is located--are a minority. And therefore, to be effective, libertarian militarists must present a cogent., coherent, obviously persuasive dogma. Liberals in Massachusetts can trust in a wave of popular sentiment among the Commonwealth's Volvo-drivers and Burger King employees to absolve them of forensic shortcomings. Hence the viability of "ConserviTives Suck" as political propaganda...
...LiberAls Suck" on a bench in staunchly Democratic Braintree, Massachusetts? What could it mean? Was it a Gary Hart-esque rail against the gloom-and-doom, tax-and-spend-failed policies of the Carter-Mondale administration? Was it a purely descriptive rather than expository comment, based on the dismal Electoral College performance of the Democrats? Or was Danny 84 actually a member of the party's agitprop crew, out publishing an argument so hopelessly nebulous and unremittingly vulgar that it would actually work to undermine the cause of conservatism in the Bay State...
...other Miami players, especially the most grizzled veterans, refer to Marino in fond terms. Twelve-year Guard Ed Newman talks of protecting "the mother lode 4 yds. behind me." For bench-pressing 510 lbs. and conquering thyroid cancer, Newman is acknowledged as the strongest person on the team, possibly the most poetic. "We never questioned Marino's youth," he says, "because he has a timeless poise. It's a magical blend of humility and self-confidence. For a while I honestly wondered if he was a fluke or a dream. Now I think we all feel like we're part...