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Most of the revolutionaries were wealthier, more respectable types than Paine, including, shamefully, even slave owners like Tom Jefferson. But whatever their limitations, they were all proud sons of the Enlightenment. They believed fiercely in the power of individual reason as a guide to action, which is why so many of them defied majority opinion with their radical views on God. Any 1990s-style political handler could have advised them to go to church and mouth the prayers along with everyone else, but men like Paine, Ben Franklin and John Adams were deists, holding that God had created the universe...
...provide for a greater freedom in joint ventures. This idea has been a long time in reaching popular politics, but many free market economists have been advocating it for years. Such a plan would allow businesses with little extra capital but a few great ideas to join with their wealthier brethren to compete in the international marketplace...
...White House chief of staff and Senate majority leader: both John Sununu and George Mitchell are of Arab descent, as are Paula Abdul, Ralph Nader and Danny Thomas. Arab Americans are better educated than the U.S population as a whole, more likely to hold management or professional positions, and wealthier: the average household income of $22,973 is above the U.S. average...
...irony is that today's grandparents were supposed to have more alternatives than their predecessors. Modern senior citizens are healthier, livelier and often wealthier than in the past, and while many still find grandparenting a joy, others reap rich rewards in work, leisure and community activity. "They have been helping other people all their lives," says Dr. Arthur Kornhaber, president of the Foundation for Grandparenting. "Now many of them say, 'It's my turn...
...among the most powerful lobbies on Capitol Hill. Alongside it is the even more militant National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare. Last year the 5 million-member organization led the successful fight to repeal the surtax that Congress had imposed on the Social Security benefits of wealthier recipients to finance catastrophic health insurance for all older people...