"What shocked even the old timers in my hometown was that Mayor Hugh Addonizio, the man who gave me my Eagle Scout Award, would accept kickbacks in cash right across his desk.
They were troubled less by his criminality -- that was expected in Newark -- than by his lack of subtlety.Addonizio paid for his indiscretion with a lengthy prison sentence.
So it is with the current college admissions scandal.
People have been scamming their ways into prestige universities for decades, maybe centuries, but in the past they have had the good sense not to put the cash on the table.
It seems that in this scandal a few of the bribers and their brokers may well pay for their indiscretion with prison sentences as well.
...Malia is the fourth member of the Obama family to attend that august university, none of whom, save perhaps for Grandpa Obama, deserved to be there.
...Barack Obama’s back door, however, was unique to him.
Before prosecutors send some of the dimmer Hollywood stars to the slammer for their dimness, they might want to ask just how much influence a Saudi billionaire peddled to get Obama into Harvard."
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