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...heart of the leaked White House claim, quickly denied, that there was an "emotional bond" between President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky. This is not to say that there was no sexual relationship, or that the phrase was not a concoction to get him off the hook, or that he ought to be off the hook...
...called an eminent psychoanalyst friend of mine to verify or shoot down the above hypothesis. She refused to do either, explaining that a trained psychoanalyst ought only to speculate about a person's vulnerabilities in a context of care. She didn't say so, but I think she applied that caution to everyone...
Pity the children. For they have watched CNN and are unsettled. At least they damn well ought to be. First rule of politics: Don't do anything that frightens the horses. Second rule: That goes double for the children. Mr. Clinton knows this. He's a parent too. Like the rest of us, he had to explain his predicament to his child. True, he's more practiced (see below), but it can't have been easy. One bright note for the President: the V chip finally starts to make sense...
FRANCE "...Americans ought to elect a Pope instead of a President. --Editorial, Le Figaro...
ISRAEL "Perhaps personal moral traits, such as honesty and credibility, matter more than we thought, and we ought to return to expecting them from our elected leaders." --Editorial, Jerusalem Post...