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...equating the mayor with King is as bogus as comparing Donaldson to Bull Connor. The straightforward moral choices that Birmingham faced in King's day are not a reliable guide to sorting out the ambiguities posed by the Arrington affair. Back then, racist bombing attacks were so common that the city's best black neighborhood was nicknamed "Dynamite Hill." Parks, schools and buses were segregated, and most blacks were denied the vote. Today every legal vestige of Jim Crow has disappeared from the city, and Arrington sits in the mayor's office. The racial battleground is no longer black...
...economy is in such dismal shape, how come Wall Street feels so good? After five consecutive daily increases, the Dow Jones industrial average closed at a record 3101.52 last week. The bull run has pushed the Dow index up 167 points, or nearly 6%, since Dec. 20. That was the day the Federal Reserve Board lowered the discount rate -- which is what the Fed charges banks for borrowing money -- a full percentage point, to a 27-year...
...Bush Administration has assigned DAN QUAYLE the task of leading the counterattack on the pit-bull candidacy of PAT BUCHANAN. The Vice President will visit New Hampshire three times before the Feb. 18 primary in an effort to convince voters that his boss hasn't abandoned the conservative creed. Secret Service agents will scout out bowling alleys and shopping malls where Quayle plans to make "spontaneous" stops to assert that the President understands the fears of middle-class Americans. Besides Buchanan, Quayle faces another nemesis: himself. A new poll indicates that 77% of New Hampshire Republicans would rather vote...
That was years ago, but from then on I would periodically receive catalogs of historic documents. A group shot of Nixon, Ford, Carter and Reagan, autographed by each: $4,000. A nice letter from George Washington: $35,000. An autographed photo of Sitting Bull (signed "Sitting Bull...
...loads of good things that may fake out the pessimists: low interest rates, reasonable energy prices, world peace, free trade and fabulous technological progress for starters. So by no means should you read this and dump all your stocks, let alone start buying up signed photos of Sitting Bull...