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...When it comes right down to it, though, if you start with Hills's straight-forward view of vice, the actual how of being virtuous isn't that complicated--if you want to be good, why not just do it (leave your car window intact, pay for your books, etc)? Virtue costs money, to be sure; but the part that really bothers Hills--what makes how to be good a question he can sink his teeth into--is that he's convinced virtue is deadly dull...
That sort of thing not only costs tax dollars to administer but also winds up stifling competition, since plumbers scrutinize plumbers, nursing-home administrators oversee nursing homes, etc. To curtail such cozy practices, the Colorado House of Representatives has recently passed a "sunset" law that would require each of the state's 41 regulatory agencies to justify its existence every six years-or quietly expire. The state senate is expected to approve the bill in the next few weeks. Legislators know that most agencies will fight hard to stay in business, but many will be forced to streamline themselves...
...English manor house, gently decadent. Catalogued are innumerable pointers, all that the debonaire and naughty aristocrat must do to succeed is meticulously explained. There are rules and tips concerning accent improvement, farting in public, horsemanship, ass-kissing, being a big shot, heaping abuse, shabby people, the Old School Tie, Etc...
...careers of these freshmen indicate--or in other, unknown ways. "We ask on the application how students learned about Harvard, but that's a loaded question. They give us the answer they think we'd like to hear, that it's known all over the world, has famous professors, etc.," Malin notes...
...answer is that although it may help open the doors of professional schools etc., it has been used to attack protective laws and benefits that working class women fought long and hard to win. The ERA is worded very vaguely, "Equality of rights under law shall not be denied or abridged... on account of sex" and in every case we know of it has been used to cut out protective legislation, never to extend those benefits to men. Equal access to law school for a few, while a good thing, should not be at the expense of the millions...