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From a personnel viewpoint then, Bush's reversal seems to be questionable business practice. Yet in our competitive capitalist society it is sometimes worthwhile for employers to undercut their employees. I'm not referring to Chainsaw Al. Bush cites Department of Energy statistics about the increased cost of electricity to consumers as his reasoning for deciding not to regulate emissions, judging (I would assume) that the cost of the energy policy would be greater than the cost of undercutting his appointee...
Andrew Sullivan is right that England's heritage is being chipped away [VIEWPOINT, Jan. 29], but the attack on fox hunting has little to do with it. Far greater factors are at work. There are so-called liberal intellectuals who consider every facet of English identity, culture and heritage as something to be despised and attacked. And there are right-wingers who envision a shopping mall in every town. To these people, heritage and culture are something to be packaged and marketed. The English have the unfortunate knack of preserving those aspects of their heritage that should be consigned...
...thought that this was an exciting alternative viewpoint to the limited and biased opinions of Marty Feldstein," he said...
...been discussed to my knowledge," he writes in an e-mail. "We have not taken the viewpoint that the use of alcohol itself is wrong, only its abuse...
...Commentary on spinning the truth [VIEWPOINT, Dec. 25-Jan. 1], Michael Kinsley confused Hobson's choice (no choice at all) with Odysseus' choice between Scylla (the six-headed monster) and Charybdis (the whirlpool). However, a cynic might feel that both Hobson's and Odysseus' predicaments aptly describe the quandary faced by the electorate. HOWARD BARTON Northridge, Calif...