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...building, then handcuffed the minister and took him in for questioning. At the same time, Roberson's wife Connie was called out of a class she was attending at Wenatchee Valley College and arrested. Their daughter, four-year-old Rebekah, was taken by Child Protective Services, placed in foster care and subjected to intense recovered-memory therapy; the Robersons--who were imprisoned for 4 1/2 months--have not seen or talked to her since...
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...writer, Buchanan spends time not only on what he says but also on how he says it; he searches for the tangy phrase, the sticky epithet, the cartoonish image that will lodge in voters' minds and either inspire or terrify them: When he attacked the nomination of Dr. Henry Foster as Surgeon General, it was because "you can't have an abortionist as America's family doctor." On the stump, Department of Education employees become "some guy in sandals and beads...telling us how to teach American history," and the Democrats are "the party of national health insurance and Joycelyn...
...both sides of the ideological spectrum, observers warn against taking Okun's point too far. Those on the right say battling inequality myopically can create inefficiency and more inequality in the long run; welfare, with its disincentives to work, can foster an underclass that steadily recedes from mainstream prosperity. Those on the left say battling inequality farsightedly--via investments in the schooling and health of citizens--can lead to greater equality and greater economic efficiency...