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The New York Times adopts a sleazy tactic; Wawa deserves public applause Date published: 8/8/2005
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How low can you go? It's not enough these days to check every word a judicial nominee has ever written, his or her legal credentials, and the exact text of every conversation held over an open can of Coke. Now the nominees' kids are fair game. At least if you're The New York Times. The Great Gray Fishwife (her behavior indicates she's no lady) admitted that its reporters were looking into the adoption of Judge John Roberts' two children to check for "irregularities." The Robertses adopted the children, ages 4 and 5, from Latin America. Unable to dig up any dirt on Mr. Roberts himself, the avatar of journalistic ethics decided to go for the sprats. Editors pulled the plug on the inquiry after reports of it surfaced on the Drudge Report. Times Executive Editor Bill Keller may have had something to do with that: He's an adoptive parent himself. Wawa, front and center We have never especially considered Wawa a top contender for a Friends of Civilization medal, but let's publicly pin one on its store on State Route 3 near Chancellor. That store has posted signs threatening the prosecution, under county ordinance, of those who inflict "loud music or loud noise" on other customers. Wawa has a better public policy than Fredericksburg, where no such warnings are evident and where bass-blasting louts in vehicles send shock waves down Caroline Street with impunity.
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