Letters: Mar. 19, 2001

The Incredible Shrinking Ex-President

"Perhaps now we can all stop pretending that so-called private morality does not affect a person's public behavior." BOB SMALLMAN Merrill, Wis.

The pardons Bill Clinton issued that are being questioned look suspiciously as if they were influenced by money [NATION, Feb. 26]. And while I may be disgusted with the pardons, I am not surprised. Until we clean up our system, why not put applicants for pardons in the same category as other favor seekers in government, the one that includes people who make big donations to become an ambassador? That way we would not be...

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