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...long term, racing will thrive only if track owners can create legions of new fans. And slots at the track can't accomplish that. "Tracks need racinos to compete," says Richard Thalheimer, a Louisville University equine economist. "But in the end, horse racing can only be saved if a significant percentage of casino players become horse players." And that, for now, has to be considered a long shot...
Both teams may thrive on losing now, but any championship team enjoys increased fan support. Look at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the New Jersey Nets and the Anaheim Angels. Winning has never hurt a franchise. And just think—if the Sox shake The Curse, they’d actually one-up the Yankees legitimately...
...more than others. Those in the top tax brackets who believe that paying more in taxes would be a punishing misery will find that they are happier than they were before—and that crime will fall and the economy will grow. Cities will be safer, entrepreneurship will thrive and we will be able to go to bed knowing that we have satisfied our duty to unfortunate children...
...this is the cool future, then send me back to the square past! Of course, almost 40 years ago, Paul Revere and the Raiders sang that "kicks just keep getting harder to find." The youth of every generation has its moments of temporary insanity, but for any society to thrive and move forward, there must be a genuine awareness of and respect for the past. If we Americans keep pushing the envelope in an increasingly outrageous quest for the ultimate, cutting-edge in cool, then I'm afraid our future will take us down the same path of decadence chosen...
...most of all, we resent elite universities like Harvard for encouraging the worst in people like Blair Hornstine. She won the college admissions rat-race, after all, because her tragic flaws helped her thrive under its pressures and expectations. Students like her may be rare at Harvard, but less for our integrity than for her excess...