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Judge to decide if Sea World orcas are 'enslaved'
(Column ~ 02/13/12)
By ANN McFEATTERS Scripps Howard News Service This week, I refuse to write about Romney, Gingrich, Paul or Santorum. (Oops. Does mentioning their names count?) The question of the day involves Tilikum, Katina, Kasatka, Ulises and Corky. In San Diego, where what goes on in SeaWorld is more important to many than what goes on in the White House, a federal judge is deciding whether the famous orca whales are slaves under the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. That, of course, prohibits slavery...
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Is it bribery or just politics?
(Column ~ 02/13/12)
By GEORGE F. WILL WASHINGTON -- All elected officials, and those who help finance elections in the expectation that certain promises will be kept -- and everyone who cares about the rule of law -- should hope the Supreme Court agrees to hear Don Siegelman's appeal of his conviction. Until the court clarifies what constitutes quid pro quo political corruption, Americans engage in politics at their peril because prosecutors have dangerous discretion to criminalize politics...
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Do you speak conservative?
(Column ~ 02/13/12)
By MONA CHAREN Newt Gingrich knows the lingo. He makes conservative audiences roar with approval when he compares the efficiency of FedEx and MasterCard to the post office and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He never loses an opportunity to attack the press for its moral preening. Conservatives adore this table turning. Nothing makes them angrier than to be derided as heartless by people who define virtue by their willingness to give away other people's money...
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