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...distinguish one candidate from another. But almost all of them are as "unreconstructed" and predictable in their liberalism as George Bachrach, the former state senator who made the remark during a televised debate last week. In fact, the most prominent contenders for the seat, Flynn and former talk-radio host Marjorie Clapprood, are known less for what they would do in office than for the controversial things they have done in the past. A once loved mayor with nearly universal name recognition, Flynn has a gift for working a crowd and a reputation for excessive drinking that was examined last...
Former Mayor Ed Koch, 73, brings his high-energy style to filling Wapner's old seat on The People's Court. Koch is a partner in a law firm, teaches at New York University, is host of a daily radio show, does another show for Bloomberg Television and is putting out his 10th book this fall. Just getting him to be quiet long enough to hear a case is impressive enough...
...forget to credit them. The way the Globe dealt with him was appropriate. Yet those who see a double standard have a point. The main reason Barnicle was able to hang on to his job is that a powerful network of whites leaped to his defense. Radio talk show host Don Imus, NBC Washington bureau chief Tim Russert, Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen and CNN's Larry King minimized the seriousness of Barnicle's transgressions. Staples, the big office-supply chain, hinted that it might yank its advertising if Barnicle left the Globe. The pressure gave Barnicle time to make...
...public schools--23% of the average American family's household income. Only a very few of us can open our checkbook and zip off that amount. And yet somehow it gets done, as thousands of families scrimp a little here, borrow a little there and take advantage of a host of scholarships, grants and tax credits made possible by organizations ranging from the local Lions Club to the Federal Government in Washington...
...hardly a civil rights remedy, and Bond, an elitist, has never seemed comfortable with any plan to empower the masses of black people. Despite what he believes, white racism is not black America's most important challenge. Black elitism and the lack of self-empowerment are. TONY BROWN, Host Tony Brown's Journal, PBS New York City...