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...movie The Manchurian Candidate, Frank Sinatra, unable to fathom the depth and extent of the evil that had been done to the mind of a man programmed to become a killer, cries, "Hell, hell!" People may say the same thing after last week's school shooting of a six-year-old girl by a six-year-old boy. On Tuesday the boy brought a pistol to an elementary school in Mount Morris Township, near Flint, Mich., and shot a classmate, Kayla Rolland, to death. He is too young to be charged with anything, but the county prosecutor has charged...
...struggled to stanch a 16% decline. The two market gauges have diverged dramatically all year, going in opposite directions on half of all trading days. Such an extreme divide has occurred only seven previous times in 30 years, according to Bianco Research, and in this case illustrates the extent to which investors are dumping old-economy stalwarts in favor of new-economy stars...
...traditional definition of politics as something that takes place in all walks of civic life, not merely inside the Beltway and the ballot booth. Such a concept seems to be closer to what Aristotle and other ancient philosophers, who viewed politics as applied ethics, had in mind. To the extent that we consider ourselves citizens, we must become politicians in the oldest and widest sense of the word--not only by voting and running for office but also by participating in the fast-growing social sector that Beinart ably described. SETH DUNN Washington...
...that it was very likely that the beast was already among us, disguised as a philanthropist supporting creeds such as vegetarianism, animal rights or pacifism - or advocating Catholic dialogue with Orthodox or Anglican Christians, a longtime passion of John Paul II's. Cardinal Biffi's comments, perhaps, signal the extent of conservative opposition in John Paul II's path and therefore his extraordinary achievement in bringing his church this far. But even the fact that he has opened up such profound debate confirms the pontiff's simple exhortation to Catholics at the dawn of a new millennium: that their faith...
...seems to know the extent to which Americans are betting their houses on the stock market. Economists contend that people are more likely taking cash out of stocks and buying houses. Yet it would hardly be surprising if the reverse were true. Home-equity rates are comparable to margin rates at about 9.5%. They're easy to tap and fully tax deductible regardless of investment income. That last point is big because hot stocks today don't throw off dividend income. You may be better off in the short run tapping your home-equity line than margining your brokerage account...