... and literally destroyed it looking for drugs they never found because there were none. At last report, he had been compensated only $8,000 of the $24,000 he spent on the boat. Not long ago the United States Surgeon General, Joycelyn Elders, suggested a terribly politically incorrect idea. She suggested that we study the possibility of decriminalizing drugs. So much crime and violence is connected to drugs, she suggested - - as had George Shultz, Milton Friedman, and William F. Buckley before her -- that our ...
2. The Honorable Title of Parent
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Steven V. Roberts
... who work two jobs to pick up the slack. Even many parents who pay for their children don't pay attention to their children. In so doing, they miss out on some of life's greatest joys: hearing a small giggle or holding a small hand. As Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders once noted, it is easier for many children to find drugs "than it is for them to find hugs." Probably the best thing that society can do for its toddlers is to make "parent" an honorable title again. No job is more important, yet no job is more ...
