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The license which Gomes has secured for every Christian, the many onerous bonds of the new moral law whose hold on use he has broken, the ease at which his eloquent words must have placed many an uneasy conscience, surely have earned him a place among the great and wise...
America is not homogeneous. We have no ethnic or religious bonds to unite us. We are proud of having built a working nation out of so many disparate parts, and proud of the tolerance that has made that possible. But was ever increasing prosperity the crucial glue? It's easy...
Why not? The auction market may be faring poorly this season, but over the years an insatiable demand for artworks and antiquities has kept the price trajectory rising well above the rate of inflation. What used to be upheld as things of beauty or objects of veneration are increasingly traded...
Yes, the capital-gains rate should be cut -- to ZERO! -- but only on future investments in newly issued stocks and bonds (and "founders' stock"). There would be no special break for real estate or art or gold, or for securities trading -- only the initial securities purchaser would get the break...
On the positive side, U.S. companies have welcomed cheap rates as a tonic for depressed profits and tight money. American firms are on track to issue some $320 billion worth of bonds this year, up sharply from $235 billion in 1990. Owners of small businesses are likewise lining up for...