Mark my word … I mean what I say

0 Comments | Insight on the News, March 25, 2002

"At what point can I have my shoes off and some peace of mind in my own house?"

-- Gregory F. Ostopowich, a high-school teacher and hockey coach in Northbridge, Mass., suspended for making an off-color joke in his home in the presence of two members of his team.

"It's obvious much of what is on its Website is morally repugnant."

-- Michael Cardozo, New York City's chief attorney, commenting on attempts to constrain the eBay online-auction house from offering relics of the Sept. 11 attacks for sale.

"Until the Klan is rooted out of our American souls, until homophobia is driven from the consciousness of our youngsters, until wealth no longer buys government favors, terrorism in this country will be alive and well."

-- Clyde Ebenreck, professor of philosophy at Prince George's Community College in Largo, Md., takes the broad view from his academic ivory tower in a comment on the Website of the Chronicle of Higher Education newspaper.