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...must confess, though, that we are a bit nervous. In the dual interest of fulfilling your expectations and keeping up with contemporary campaign policy, we would like to propose a contract...
Well, I should confess my concentration: philosophy. But my field has undeniable legitimacy simply because it's so old and forbidding. Anyone can read fairy tales. Even little children. Especially little children! Sure, Socrates did tell the Myth of Er in Plato's Republic, but I like to think he was being facetious...
...have, I must confess, serious doubts about the efficacy--or even the integrity--of the "classic" exam period editorial, "Beating the System" you reprinted recently. I almost suspect this so-called "Donald Carswell '50" of being rather one of Us--the Bad Guys--than one of you. If your readers have been following Mr. Carswell's advice for the last eleven years, then your readers have been going down the tubes. It's time to disillusion...
Susan Smith took nine days to confess to the drownings of her two children after faking a carjacking in Union, S.C.; today a grand jury deliberated less than three hours before indicting her on murder charges in connection with the incident. Smith, 23, was officially accused of pushing her car down a boat ramp into John D. Long Lake on October 25 while her kids, 3-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alex, plunged to their deaths while strapped in their car seats. Prosecutors haven't decided whether to seek the death penalty. Smith's lawyer, David Bruck, said...
...months ago, I went to my family doctor complaining of depression and somehow managed to confess to him that my real concern was an overwhelming urge to kill my three young children and myself. Fortunately, he did not show any revulsion but rather great compassion. I was quickly placed on medication and given the kind of daily support I needed. All weapons were removed from my home for a period of time. Through therapy, I am learning about myself. I fit the profile of murderous parents, under a lot of stress, socially isolated and in poverty. Now I know...