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...example and through moral stories. Parents must place the welfare of their children ahead of material success and even marital happiness. Public figures and ordinary citizens alike should speak out on matters of right and wrong, but must make clear they don't mean to muzzle anyone. They should "shame" entertainment companies (including Time Warner, a favorite Bennett target) that they judge to be trafficking in rap-music lyrics that glorify rape and cop killing or in daytime TV shows that celebrate neo-Nazis and hookers...
...classic male fashion, then married younger women. Does Republican moralist-in-chief Bennett think Dole and Gingrich, in this regard, are good? Does he think they're bad? He has never said. But if a take-no-prisoners crusade to restore the American family doesn't involve heaping shame on this sort of behavior, then just what do conservatives plan to heap shame...
...SPACE, Aug. 19]. I for one don't give a damn. What we do know is that billions of creatures, both human and animal, exist here on Earth, and millions, if not billions, suffer needlessly from the effects of starvation, disease, pollution, war and other disasters. I wince with shame to think of the money that has been poured into the black hole of space exploration instead of being used to benefit the lives right here on this planet that we know, without a doubt, need help. JOEL STOVALL Susanville, California
...still dying while the world watches [WORLD, Aug. 5]? I'm sure the U.N. is doing its best, but clearly its best isn't good enough. There are always committees to fight for Irish rights, build up Sarajevo, talk peace with Jewish and Arab leaders. It's a shame that Rwanda and Burundi are torn apart, yet seem to be ignored. FRIEDA M. GYGENAAR Stellenbosch, South Africa Via E-mail...
...bone. His family, his neighbors, his whole thirsty town of Russell, Kansas, lived one day at a time through the 1930s, when little would grow, when the dust filmed the windows and smothered the crops, when some farmers slaughtered their cattle and then killed themselves rather than face the shame of bankruptcy. They knew about making do with what they had and not complaining about it. "There are doers, and there are stewers," his father used to say. Dole was asked once what his mother would think of him now, of his triumph in winning his party's nomination...