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...need to get people who come out of law school and business school and the mainstream business of making money, to commit themselves to public service," he said...
...shocked at the immature reasoning in Lacayo's piece. He suggests that we rethink society's position on adultery, which was "taboo just a few months ago." It is still taboo; it is still wrong. I don't care how many Presidents or Congressmen commit adultery. I can't stand this raising of "nonpartisanship" as if it were some kind of lofty goal more important than truth. Even if some of us fail at times, the goal still matters. ROBERT MCCORMICK Concord, Calif...
Nowhere, for example, is there any significant discussion of King's tense relationships with John and Robert Kennedy. Nor is there a real discussion of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover's sustained campaign against King, which ranged from wiretapping and character assassination to an attempt to induce him to commit suicide. The book does provide an easily digested compendium of King's eloquent speeches that may entice readers to learn more about his legacy. But as an autobiography, it is a mere imitation of life...
...This hypothesis is borne out by the recent bombing of Afghanistan and Sudan. These attacks were supposed to counter terrorism by impairing the physical resources of terrorists. But most terrorists do not have a highly developed military-industrial complex, the destruction of which would significantly diminish their ability to commit acts of terrorism...
...More than a thousand teenagers commit suicide every year because of their sexual orientation. These deaths are clearly the result of the pressures of bigotry," he said...