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...problem with this panegyric is all the lumpy and inconvenient facts, such as the crumbling U.S. infrastructure and the declining competitiveness of American corporations, that Bartley tries to dismiss. Did the budget deficit swell menacingly in the '80s, for example? No problem! Japan and Germany had lots of red ink too, and "advanced" economists doubt that deficits even matter. Did the plight of the poor worsen? Not really, Bartley argues. The data for low-income households overstate the extent of poverty by counting many retired people -- who often own their own homes and have plenty of capital -- along with college...
...argument for retribution would be even easier to dismiss if it consisted only of a base thirst for revenge. But in its most sophisticated form, the argument is far weightier and more interesting than that. Society, writes Walter Berns, an eloquent defender of capital punishment, must manifest a terrible anger in the face of a terrible crime, for nothing less will suffice to "remind us of the moral order by which alone we can live as human beings...
...unregistered vehicle without a license and you ran red light. Your maximum exposure in this case is 1400 dollar. You can have a trial by jury, you can have a trial before me. But I'm telling you right now that you're not going to jail. I'll dismiss this case for 600 dollars...
...group of Dunster House residents will meet with Master Karel Liem today to protest to his decision to dismiss a controversial house tutor, according to several students...
...blacks, the fact that the not-guilty verdicts were handed down by a jury that included no blacks (though it did have one Asian and one Hispanic) virtually proves that the criminal-justice system is ruled by bias and that they cannot look to it for fair treatment. They dismiss as a sham the official contention that the trial was moved from Los Angeles to nearby Simi Valley to guard against prejudicial publicity influencing the jury. In their view, the move was made precisely for the purpose of guaranteeing that a jury excluding blacks would be chosen (Simi Valley...