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...moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgement, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. I said in mine heart, that the righteous and the wicked shall be judged, and with any luck the former shall get a good fellowship...
...wake of the Supreme Court's Rust v. Sullivan decision, Congress will again discuss abortion. But this time, in their effort to pass legislation to overrule the Court's decision, liberals should steal the thunder of their righteous opposition. In addition to stressing the consequences for women, pro-choice representatives should emphasize that allowing Rust to stand unchallenged will contribute to the deaths of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of children each year...
...there is another thread of argument running through the book: Dershowitz defends himself against the charge of inconsistency that I just leveled two paragraphs ago. Dershowitz insists that every position he takes is derived from righteous principles consistently applied--that he holds Israel and Jews to the same high standard as he does everything else. Dershowitz's opposition to capital punishment, he is proud to note, extends to Adolph Eichmann...
...rumpled Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas would stomp through such gatherings reminding people that he rode the rods out of Yakima, Wash., to go to Columbia Law School in 1922. Twenty-five years ago, Minnesota's Senator Hubert Humphrey palmed his way around the stately chambers in the righteous sheen of polyester. And a labor leader like George Meany still had the hands of a plumber. If there was anybody at the Harriman reception who had done physical labor in the past 10 years, or now makes less than six figures, he was parking the Mercedes for the guests...
...CRITIQUE of the knee-jerk TV critics will probably be a bit hard for them to swallow. But before they set out on their self-righteous campaign to rid the planed of this menace, there are some other people they should consult...