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Sniffing The Ethical Rot In Wall Street’s Culture

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER Not too many years ago, any news story about bonus money would’ve been about some 20-year-old baseball player – an up-and-coming superstar getting $100,000 or so on top of his salary as an extra incentive to join the Yankees, Giants, Red Sox or whatever team. Sportswriters dubbed them: “Bonus Babies.” How quaint. […]

Politicizing Justice

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BY DAVID PERRYMAN “Trudging stoutly along by the canal,” as the story goes, the 8-year-old son of a Dutch sluicer was returning home from delivering...

On The Beat, Unexpectedly

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BY RICHARD L. FRICKER One reason people get into journalism is the consistently inconsistent. So it was last week when, after a leisurely late lunch...

Working Together … For The Common Good

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BY DAVID PERRYMAN Deep in the vaults of Warner Bros. there is a series of Merrie Melodies cartoons featuring Sam the Sheepdog and Ralph E....

U.S. And Canada: Together At Last?

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BY FROMA HARROP What country do Americans overwhelmingly like the most? Canada. What country do Canadians pretty much like the most? America. What country has the natural resources America needs? Canada. What country has the entrepreneurship, technology and defense capability Canada needs? America. Has the time come to face the music and dance? Yes, says […]