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...client? Can attorneys be forced to present a defense they think is virtually suicidal? If someone is sane enough to stand trial, does that mean he's sane enough to defend himself if his best defense is that he's crazy? Just what does the U.S. Constitution owe a mad genius? The confusion was so great that at one point Judge Garland Burrell Jr. said in exasperation, "I'm going to tell you what I think, and I don't know if I should think what I think...
...group of Americans is still mad as hell at the Postal Service--its workers. The number of employee grievances awaiting arbitration rose 44% last year, a sign of mounting labor tension. The premium on efficiency has, according to the Washington Post, driven a few desperate workers in West Virginia to rig the independent audits of their on-time delivery. And in another burst of ghastly work-related violence, a Milwaukee, Wis., mail handler killed himself and a co-worker last month. Union leaders are becoming bellicose over what they call management's failure to share bonuses with workers. "The labor...
...also had a subtle, charming guile. In his eulogy last week, Newt Gingrich recalled how Bono defused a tense congressional meeting with a joke at his own expense. Even Cher couldn't stay mad at him. (Bono jokingly explained away her barbs as proof she was really still in love with him. And after last week's tribute--the final episode of the Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour--who's to say he was wrong?) He recognized few barriers. Parties at his Georgetown home were smorgasbords of Republican stalwarts consorting with Bono pals like Democratic Congressman Barney Frank and John Waters...
...writing to express my support for Norm MacDonald, who, as anchor of "Weekend Update," was the only funny part of the otherwise lifeless Saturday Night Live. I am asking you to reinstate Norm. Until that time, I will watch Mad TV, which I've never seen but doesn't look real good...
OPRAH (FORMERLY "ZAFTIG") WINFREY OCCUPATION: Running a book club BEST PUNCH: In a 1996 episode about mad-cow disease coming to the U.S., Oprah said, "It has just stopped me cold from eating another burger. I'm stopped." Cattle prices fell for the next two weeks...