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...still got a few cranky old geezers. Following the Supreme Court's decision allowing CASEY MARTIN to use a golf cart in PGA competition (Justices Thomas and Scalia dissented, speaking of cranky...), there was grumbling from several pro players about the unfairness of it all. "I think we ought to take them all out and play golf," said Jack Nicklaus of the Justices. "I think they'd change their minds." Martin, 28, who suffers from a rare circulatory disorder that may cost him his right leg, could have chipped a tooth on the compassion of some of his peers...
...three months, there were meetings with administrators, rallies, speeches, debates, sit-ins, panels, forums and letter-writing campaigns. And Harvard, as a community, seems no closer to a consensus on the way it ought to deal with public, though unpopular, speech...
...while many students’ initial experiences here are quite positive, the reality of being a first-year at Harvard is a dirty little secret that ought to be brought to light...
Feel better now? If not, I have a radical suggestion for the guilt-stricken among us: Snap out of it! Feelings of guilt are a gift from our conscience. They remind us that the first thing we ought to do is make choices we can live with. We can use our guilty pangs to make changes, even small ones (less TV but more bedtime stories, no junk food or violent video gaming), that improve our kids' lives. Says Harriet Lerner, psychotherapist and author of the terrific book The Mother Dance: "Healthy guilt helps us get in touch with our core...
...motorized crutches, not to mention other disabled athletes, see the Supreme Court's 7-2 ruling somewhat more broadly. (Jack Nicklaus is just plain annoyed: Learning that the justices had ruled that walking was not an integral part of the game, the living legend growled, "I think we ought to take them all out and play golf? I think they'd change their minds. I promise you, it's fundamental...