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...almost exactly two years ago, at that moment in the Lewinsky matter when Bill Clinton was making his sweatiest dodges about "inappropriate" behavior, that Bill Bennett, the saturnine Republican, phoned Joe Lieberman, the deeply religious Democrat. For several years Lieberman had been Bennett's partner in a fight against Jerry Springer, blood-spurting video games, Marilyn Manson and the general run of rap lyrics. Now Bennett wanted Lieberman to speak to Clinton. "You need to tell him to resign," he said, "because you're Nathan...
...Nathan? Bennett, a devout Roman Catholic, knew that Lieberman, an Orthodox Jew deeply immersed in the Bible, did not need to be reminded that Nathan was the prophet sent by God to upbraid King David for inappropriate behavior with Bathsheba. "I thought [Lieberman] was the closest thing in the Senate to an Old Testament prophet," says Bennett...
CULTURE WARS He has teamed up with Bill Bennett to hand out "Silver Sewer" awards to producers of sexually explicit and violent films, music, TV and video games. He co-authored the law on the V chip, which lets parents filter what their children watch...
...Action" died quickly last fall, owing less to Lieberman's seal of disapproval than to the fact that its scathing, brilliant satire was too "inside" for most viewers. One would hope Lieberman (and his Republican allies like Bill Bennett) would take the lesson: that audiences are perfectly capable of changing the channel, accepting and rejecting entertainment in a free market. But don't count...
...time when kids are booked solid with extracurriculars and homework, summer often seems to be childhood's last refuge. "Kids should work very hard during the year and then have a break for time with their parents and activities like camps and jobs," says former Education Secretary William Bennett. The American Camping Association has fired off nasty letters to school districts considering shortening summer break and has sent representatives to educate local school boards on the lifelong benefits of camp traditions such as archery and lanyard weaving. Teachers, while generally glad for the extra work, also relish the downtime...