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...must it take so long? I would like to ask Professor Kilson to define "that mature stage" and to inform us how we will recognize it. Does he mean that I must accept atavistic guilt and do penance? Does he refer to a time when racism no longer exists in this country of 250 million and rising? "From where I sit," it appears that prejudice will not be eliminated until the Last Judgment. Or does Professor Kilson mean that the mature stage will be around the year 2070, when the last Civil Rights widow tells all--that is, when...
...open-minded American to resist the opinion-framing tendencies of the media and to evaluate individually and fairly the First Lady of the United States? The real problem for suspect political figures in general and for Hillary Rodham Clinton in particular is that more often than not, suspicion equals guilt. Once the media casts its shadow of doubt across one's political resume, the practical verdict--namely, how that individual will now be viewed--is sealed...
...Unfortunately for the public, but far more unfortunate for Mrs. Clinton, the media and the press, our noble filterers of political, social and economic information, do not know greyness but only extreme colorations. The media cannot patiently await the resolution of her investigation and the possible certainty of her guilt; instead it must decide today what will only be known for sure in several months...
...what have her many political predecessors done when their own suspicion rapidly flowed into guilt? They resigned. Political officials who have found themselves in a quagmire similar to that of Mrs. Clinton got out of office. Gary Hart, Zoe Baird, Lani Guinier--a diverse handful of politicians who withdrew from the spotlight in which they were being stripped of their political integrity. Our political system makes it too ugly for them to suck it up and stick it out. They need to get out quickly and unscathed. For the politicians who came before Mrs. Clinton, exit was the most common...
...judge did not throw out the case, Afrasiabi said, because Harvard Police Detective Richard Mederos introduced a statement in which Afrasiabi reportedly admitted his guilt in the case, a statement Afrasiabi denied making...