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...justice is the most profound responsibility of public life, it is also the one we are least suited to fulfill. It's no mystery why this should be. We're human. Our byways are complicated. The institutions of law are infected with the same shortcomings--greed, dishonesty, weakness, indifference, anger--that give rise to injustice in the first place. On the everyday working level, criminal justice is like chemotherapy. We throw our little poisons at big ones...
With him or without him, the monetization of carbon emissions--green for greed's sake, if nothing else--is gaining momentum. So breathe easy. For you, it's still free. But for many companies, the carbon meter will be running soon. In the very near future, pollution is going to be either a cost to them or an opportunity...
...rampant graft in India's corridors of power, and was forced to resign. That Laxman's name in the headlines symbolized the depth of the rot in Indian politics, where although bribery has become a way of life, national security had been assumed to be above the dictates of greed - an assumption trashed by the scandal that revealed an extensive web of corruption in weapons procurement...
...first inauguration and proceeded through his "Morning in America," to Bush the Elder and his now-you-see-it-now-you-don't Gulf War? Fully half a college sophomore's life has been spent in a time of uninterrupted economic expansion; before that, the so-called Decade of Greed dangled over his childhood like a bright mobile over a crib...
...blinders don't come with the business cards at TIME.com, so it's only fair to remind ourselves that college sports are rife with greed and hypocrisy, and that gambling is a big attraction to the tourney. But that's not why most people will be glued to the tube, apart from an innocuous $5 office pool. They'll watch for the right reasons...