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...those who are less charitably inclined, there are a myriad of self-indulgent organizations to explore. If you miss the halcyon days of medieval times, you can help The Society for Creative Anachronism recreate them. For those with even more active imaginations there is the Harvard Investment Association. Pretend you are Gordon Gecko. Pretend you live on the Upper West Side. Prepare for 100-hour weeks punching numbers...
...underwater history, you might try the new CD-ROM Titanic: Challenge of Discovery ($30; Panasonic Interactive Media). The game, developed with Robert Ballard, who discovered the sunken ship 13 years ago this week, takes you on a virtual search mission complete with submarines, sonar systems, ocean rovers and the myriad challenges of the open sea. All aboard...
...week's story about the child-services bureaucrat arrested for peeking up a little girl's skirt at a bookstore, that might not be the answer. And given the Baptist scandal over the minister who bought a house with his alleged mistress and allegedly embezzled from the church, the myriad Catholic priest child-molestation trials and the numerous other reports of misdeeds from just about every single religious denomination to profess a faith in the divine, I don't think we can trust the clergy any more, either...
...cause of the U.S.'s high violence rate is misinformed. Some countries with firearms ownership comparable to that of the U.S. have low crime rates, while nations with strict gun control can end up with high crime statistics. The fact is that income, racial tensions and education, among myriad other factors, contribute far more to crime than the availability of firearms. DAVID O. HUNT Sandusky, Ohio...
...flexible Roth isn't just for retirement anymore. It's a great way to shelter your estate and finance a first home or even fund a college education. There are myriad ways to take advantage. But first you must have a Roth to draw upon, and that's why the changes mentioned above are so important. They encourage people already retired or with the highest eligible incomes to set up a Roth. Some, though, might need to "manage" their income for at least one tax year to get it low enough to allow conversion...