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...baseball stars barry bonds and Mark McGwire used illegal steroids, they deserve to be in a Hall of Shame [March 28]. But perhaps one good thing will come from this scandal: a greater appreciation for home-run king Hank Aaron, a man of decency and dignity and a record holder worthy of a child's adulation. Thirty-one years after breaking Babe Ruth's record for most career homers, Aaron still remains in his shadow. How ironic that it might be Bonds' downfall that finally allows Aaron to emerge. It's about time...
...points if you think that the only reason Harvard divested from PetroChina is to “wag the dog” and remove attention from the recent scandal concerning Larry Summers...
However, as Green states on his website, “The book is not an exposé, nor is it seeking scandal...
AFTER READING YOUR ARTICLE ON THE allegations of impropriety involving House majority leader Tom DeLay and his associates, I was appalled by the comment from another Republican, Indiana's Mark Souder, about whether DeLay can survive the scandal. Souder said, "With Tom, it is going to have to be more than just allegations. Tom has done so much fund raising." That is an incredible statement. Does it mean that because DeLay is such a prolific fund raiser, he gets a pass on possible ethics violations? Public officials must adhere to high standards of ethical behavior...
...Cotecna to monitor imports of humanitarian goods to Iraq under the oil-for-food program. The following month, newspaper reports revealed that the company had employed Kojo Annan, the son of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, and raised questions about possible conflicts of interest, which the U.N. denied. The scandal grew when evidence emerged that Saddam Hussein had skimmed some $2 billion from the $65 billion program. Last April Annan asked Paul Volcker, a former chairman of the Federal Reserve, to investigate those issues. In February his panel released its first report, accusing the head of the oil-for-food...