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...Thursday, as Oval Office secretary Betty Currie wrapped up her testimony. The next day Clinton confidant Harold Ickes reappeared, along with the head of the President's Secret Service detail and two uniformed officers. Starr was pushing ahead so fast that he used two grand juries simultaneously to collect testimony...
...know these people? They live on your street. They collect your taxes. They are your relatives. Evil is not confined to one zip code. Among the child-rapists, incest perpetrators, abusive child-care providers, murderous adulterers and sadistic petty thieves, I wonder where all the normal people have gone. Does society continue to have moral standards? Do we need a formal honor code? Do we--and I say this with trepidation--need more vigilant government surveillance...
...somehow he doesn't get the next thing he's going for--well, he says, his life is still pretty good. His father still lets him call collect. Junior has a son and daughter of his own, and the family spends off-season in Windermere, Fla., near his friend Tiger Woods. When you're hanging with your All-Star Cafe partners, who notices another record...
...promising witness who was discovered to have taken money from a tabloid TV show. In the Cosby case, however, the Enquirer did more than just buy a scoop; it offered a reward for information leading to a conviction. "The key concern is that people may fabricate evidence to collect rewards. Then innocent people can be convicted," warns U.S.C. law professor Erwin Chemerinsky. "But if the information helps to get somebody who is guilty, how can we question...
...three young children, and I would no sooner install a software filter on my computer than I would lock up the books in my library. It's not just that I'm rabidly pro-First Amendment; software filters simply don't work. It's a little like trying to collect raindrops in your hat: you'll catch some, but you'll miss most of them. Worse, filters tend to block stuff that they shouldn't block: breast-cancer sites, for instance, and virtually anything having to do with homosexuality. The Censorware Project, which opposes the use by public institutions...