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...calls of complaint, some protesting that nothing was being done for "real" Americans. As the numbers of minorities increase, their demands for a share of the national bounty are bound to intensify, while whites are certain to feel ever more embattled. Businesses often feel whipsawed between immigration laws that punish them for hiring illegal aliens and antidiscrimination laws that penalize them for demanding excessive documentation from foreign-seeming job applicants. Even companies that consistently seek to do the right thing may be overwhelmed by the problems of diversifying a primarily white managerial corps fast enough to direct a work force...
...Policies which punish graduate students for teachin in their home departments are just plain unfair...
Another example of Judaism's ruthless treatment of its enemies is the case of the people of Amalek. The Bible records that the nation of Amalek massacred the sick and old among the Israelites when they left Egypt during the Exodus. To punish Amalek, the Israelites were ordered in the book of Exodus to wipe them out. The biblical decree applies even to livestock and to all descendants of Amalek, not just to the actual perpetrators living at the time. Indeed, the commandment to eliminate Amalek from the face of the earth is included among the 613 that Jews...
...remains as desperate as ever. The bitter civil war lurches on, with the country's 5 million people still hostage to the brutal campaigns of the far-right death squads and the left-wing guerrillas. Duarte's economic and social reforms are mostly in ruins, and his pledges to punish human-rights abuses and corruption remain unfulfilled. Last week, at the age of 64, Duarte died in his home in San Salvador, his body ravaged by cancer, his spirit diminished by the disappointment of unrealized dreams...
With prison populations -- and prison costs -- inexorably rising, states are experimenting with ways to punish criminals without punishing taxpayers. As alternatives to high-cost imprisonment, at least 40 states now offer "intermediate sanctions." Most are forms of closely supervised probation available only to nonviolent offenders. Some allow probationers to hold jobs while they serve time in dormitory-style halfway houses where they are subject to tight curfews and periodic drug and alcohol tests. Others keep tabs on them at home through frequent visits from probation officers or through electronic ! shackles that signal authorities when the wearer attempts...