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	"The Bookie of Virtue" by Joshua Green
		Bennett's crusading ideals have been adopted by politicians of both parties, and implemented in such programs as character education classes in public schools--a testament to his impact.
		Bennett commands $50,000 per appearance on the lecture circuit and has received hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants from such conservative benefactors as the Scaife and John M. Olin foundations.
		Bennett is a wealthy man and may be able to handle losses of hundreds of thousands of dollars per year.
	www.washingtonmonthly.com /features/2003/0306.green.html (1592 words)

	Bill Bennett's Bad Bet - The bookmaker of virtues. By Michael Kinsley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Bill Bennett himself was always full of sorrow when forced to point out the moral failings of other public figures.
		Bill Bennett has been exposed as a humbug artist who ought to be pelted off the public stage if he lacks the decency to slink quietly away, as he is constantly calling on others to do.
		Bennett's positions are his own, and therefore are not necessarily going to be the same positions as those of James Dobson.
	slate.msn.com /id/2082526 (1953 words)

	Bill Bennett - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Honourable William Richards Bennett, PC, OC, or simply Bill Bennett (born August 18, 1932) was Premier of the Canadian province of British Columbia (1975-1986).
		Born in Kelowna, British Columbia, he was the son of the former Premier, W.A.C. Bennett and following his father's resignation, Bill Bennett was elected on September 7, 1973 as the British Columbia Social Credit Party Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for South Okanagan.
		Though still reviled by the left, Bennett remains generally highly respected among conservatives in BC, who view his rule as a "golden era" before the corruption of the Vander Zalm government and the NDP that succeeded him.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_R._Bennett (366 words)

	VDARE.com: 05/08/03 - The Bennett Brouhaha
		Bennett, whose entire life has been based on what many moralists would tell you is fundamentally wrong with gambling—that it's an effort to get something for nothing.
		Bennett started off his academic life with a doctoral dissertation in philosophy at the University of Texas; the dissertation was all of a whopping 129 pages long, with only 10 pages of footnotes and a mere 13 items in the bibliography.
		Bennett has done or claimed to have done throughout his career is simply a fraud—not least the fake "conservatism" and vapidly pious moralisms he has made a fortune by preaching.
	www.vdare.com /francis/bennett.htm (706 words)

	Leave Bill Bennett Alone
		Bennett [would] remain firm in his resolve to eliminate gambling from his life.” James Dobson of the Colorado-based Focus on the Family said he was “disappointed to learn that our long-time friend...
		Bennett is, after all, the same man who told an ABC News Special that “people [who use drugs] should be imprisoned for long periods of time....
		Bill Bennett should be admired for coming to grips with his own failings and seeking to make the necessary changes in his life.
	www.fff.org /comment/com0305d.asp (1062 words)

	Bill Bennett: The bookmaker of virtues. - By Michael Kinsley - Slate Magazine
		Bill Bennett himself was always full of sorrow when forced to point out the moral failings of other public figures.
		Bill Bennett has been exposed as a humbug artist who ought to be pelted off the public stage if he lacks the decency to slink quietly away, as he is constantly calling on others to do.
		Bennett's positions are his own, and therefore are not necessarily going to be the same positions as those of James Dobson.
	www.slate.com /id/2082526 (1948 words)

	Salem Radio Network -- Programming That Delivers
		William J. Bennett is one of America's most important, influential and respected voices on cultural, political, and education issues.
		Bill Bennett has accomplished a rare feat: since leaving government, he has achieved an even greater impact on our national political debate.
		Bennett has written for America's leading newspapers and magazines and appeared on the nation's most influential television shows.
	www.srnonline.com /talk/talk-bennett.shtml (489 words)

	Andrew C. McCarthy on Bill Bennett on National Review Online
		Bennett is being fried by the PC police and the ethnic-grievance industry, which have disingenuously ripped his minor point out of its context in a shameful effort to paint him as a racist.
		Bennett, typically well-informed, responded with skepticism over this method of argument by making reference to a book he had read, which had made an analogous claim: namely, that it was the high abortion rate which was responsible for the overall decline in crime.
		Bennett’s position, clearly and irrefutably, is that you cannot have tunnel vision, especially on something as emotionally charged as abortion, in addressing multifaceted problems.
	www.nationalreview.com /mccarthy/mccarthy200509301104.asp (1130 words)

	CBS News \| Reports: Bill Bennett A High Roller \| May 6, 2003 09:26:38
		Casino documents show Bennett is a "preferred customer" in at least four venues in Atlantic City and Las Vegas, Newsweek and The Washington Monthly reported in stories posted Friday on the Web.
		Bennett, who wrote "The Book of Virtues," gets high-roller treatment, including limos and tens of thousands of dollars in complimentary hotel rooms and other amenities.
		Bennett, along with former Rep. Jack Kemp, is co-chairman of Empower America, a conservative public policy organization in Washington.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2003/05/03/politics/main552175.shtml (420 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Bad Bet by Bill Bennett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The news over the weekend -- that Bennett's $50,000 sermons and bestselling moral instruction manuals have financed a multimillion-dollar gambling habit -- has lit a lamp of happiness in even the darkest hearts.
		Bennett has been exposed as a humbug artist who ought to be pelted off the public stage if he lacks the decency to slink quietly away as he is constantly calling on others to do.
		The Bennett who can ooze disdain over this is the same Bennett who apparently thinks he has no connection to all those "problem" gamblers because he makes millions preaching virtue and they don't.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A14057-2003May4?language=printer (828 words)

	Could Bill Bennett Really Break Even Playing Slots? By Brendan I. Koerner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Conservative moralist William Bennett says he's "come out pretty close to even" gambling over the past decade, contradicting a report that pegs his losses at around $8 million.
		Bennett may have had a lucky night here or there, but after untold thousands of spins, the fixed nature of the slots likely caught up with him: Bennett almost certainly lost between 2 percent and 10 percent of the millions he bet.
		Bennett might have helped his case by following intelligent slots protocol, such as carefully reading the payout rules on each machine (identical-looking slots may feature different maximum payouts, a classic casino trick) and always betting the maximum allowable (which increases the probability of hitting the top jackpot).
	slate.msn.com /id/2082638 (674 words)

	USATODAY.com - Bennett lends voice to 'Morning' radio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Bill Bennett, who served as Ronald Reagan's Education secretary and President Bush's first drug czar before making headlines with a gambling problem last year, has a new gig: host of his own national morning drive-time talk radio show starting April 5.
		Bennett will be joined on the air by veteran talk show host Tom Tradup and a female co-host to be announced soon.
		Bennett says no. He notes that he is used to brickbats because he has been in public life for decades.
	www.usatoday.com /life/columnist/mediamix/2004-02-25-media-mix_x.htm (708 words)

	CNN.com - GOP moralist Bennett gives up gambling - May. 5, 2003
		William Bennett, who wrote the best-selling Book of Virtues, has admitted high-stakes gambling.
		Bennett served as education secretary and drug czar under Republican presidents.
		Monday's USA Today quoted Bennett's wife as saying her husband is not addicted to gambling.
	www.cnn.com /2003/ALLPOLITICS/05/05/bennett.gambling (322 words)

	Bill Bennett’s Greatest Vice: Promoting the State by Karen De Coster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		According to the MSNBC piece, Bennett is such an addicted gambler it is reported that he may have squandered about $8 million in the last decade.
		Since Bennett’s political status has dried up, and with it his power base, it’s likely that he no longer has the ability to shake down bigwigs like he once did, so his ability to curry favors is far less than what it used to be.
		And most importantly, guys like Bennett use the powers of their political office and the State to obtain these ideal "virtues." Our individual freedoms are bandied about as part of a favor-for-favor political process amongst Washington players.
	www.lewrockwell.com /decoster/decoster82.html (949 words)

	BW Online \| February 14, 2001 \| Bill Bennett: The Education of an E-School Skeptic
		Bennett also believes K12's $50 diagnostic tests in math and reading will appeal to parents who want to gauge their children's mastery of those subjects.
		Bennett is one of the country's strongest boosters of a traditional academic syllabus, and K12 will reflect his priorities.
		Bennett says there is nothing specifically in President Bush's education plans that will benefit K12 -- although, if vouchers, increased funding for charter schools, and educational savings accounts become law, as Bush proposes, the company could be on the receiving end of federal cash.
	www.businessweek.com /technology/content/feb2001/tc20010214_651.htm (1475 words)

	Media Matters exposes Bennett: "[Y]ou could abo ... [Media Matters] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Bennett's remark was apparently inspired by the claim that legalized abortion has reduced crime rates, which was posited in the book Freakonomics (William Morrow, May 2005) by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner.
		BENNETT: Well, I don't think it is either, I don't think it is either, because first of all, there is just too much that you don't know.
		Bill Bennett's Morning in America airs on approximately 115 radio stations with an estimated weekly audience of 1.25 million listeners.
	mediamatters.org /items/200509280006 (645 words)

	Technorati Tag: Bill Bennett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		A Little House Epiphany and Defending Bill Bennett by Joshua Minton [IMG ]We are nearing the end of the eighth season of Little House on the Praire...
		Bill Bennett and the Hypocrisy of the Left...
		Bill Bennett and the Hypocrisy of the Left [IMG this is an audio post - click to play] Tonight, Adam Graham discusses Bill Bennett's statement on...
	technorati.com /tag/Bill+Bennett (692 words)

	Weblog: Religious Pundits Weigh in on Bill Bennett's Gambling - Christianity Today Magazine
		From all the headlines, you'd think Bill Bennett was hiding Saddam's weapons of mass destruction or was Patient Zero in the SARS outbreak.
		Bennett has apparently reflected on the quality of his stewardship and issued the following statement late today: "I have done too much gambling, and this is not an example I wish to set … Therefore, my gambling days are over." Good for Mr.
		Bill Bennett is one of the most gifted philosophers and public intellectuals of our age.
	www.christianitytoday.com /ct/2003/118/21.0.html (1614 words)

	Bill Bennett
		When is Bill Bennett going to come on TV and explain his side of the story.
		However, the reality of all this is that, as Bill Bennett seems to understand, he cannot adequately respond to these revelations by relying upon the Penal Code or by reminding us that Clinton's misconduct was more offensive.
		Bill Bennett understands that his choices here are more limited and I think that the statement he recently issued reflects that understanding.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/906782/posts (3407 words)

	Bill Bennett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Bill was generous with his time and energy and always gave his best in whatever band he played in.
		Bill and I met in 1997 at a stock photography event, a business we were both working in at the time.
		Bill was the only person I’ve ever known who could honestly say he had no regrets, because he lived every moment as if it were his last.
	www.panix.com /~owsj/BillMem.htm (6344 words)

	Media Matters - Despite controversial comments and GAO investigation, Bill Bennett reportedly joining CNN as political ...
		Bennett later attacked his critics, claiming his comments were embarrassing to them because of their support of abortion.
		Bennett and his defenders have seized on Bennett's original statement that it would be "impossible, ridiculous, and morally reprehensible" to actually abort all fl babies.
		Bill Benneth may call himself a conservative, but to arrogate vices like crime and violence to a race simply because of the color of their skin, is nothing short of moral bankruptcy.
	www.mediamatters.org /items/200601050002 (4302 words)

	CNN.com - Bennett under fire for remarks on blacks, crime - Sep 30, 2005
		Bennett is being harshly criticized, but he says he is standing by his comments.
		Bennett served as Reagan's chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities from 1981-1985 and secretary of education from 1985-1988.
		Bennett's 1993 repackaging of traditional morality tales, "The Book of Virtues," became a bestseller, and Bennett became a popular lecturer on moral issues.
	www.cnn.com /2005/POLITICS/09/30/bennett.comments (786 words)

	TPMCafe \|\| A true story about Bill Bennett
		Mr Bill (the Bigot) Bennett should appreciate the fact that we are simply engaged in an academic dialogue here and any suggestion that this dialogue could in any way be construed as judgmental or in any way condemnitory would, of course, be taking its meaning out of context.
		Bill Bennett was being consistent in his manicheistic worldview.
		Bennett and his followers are against public schools because of a) the unions, and b) the lack of religious teaching.
	www.tpmcafe.com /story/2005/10/1/105329/697 (8781 words)

	Reason
		Bennett, of course, didn't actually write the piece.
		The responsibility for the column, of course, remains with Bennett, under whose name it appeared.
		Bennett deployed each of these points to support his ultimate point, the purpose of the essay: That his former sidekick, John Walters, ought to be our next drug czar.
	www.reason.com /ml/ml113001.shtml (1038 words)

	Bill Bennett \| Members \| 6th Session \| 37th Parliament \| Legislative Assembly of BC
		Bill Bennett was elected to represent the riding of East Kootenay in the 2001 provincial election.
		Bill currently serves on the Government Caucus Committee on Natural Resources and is a member of the Kootenay Caucus.
		Bill was a Cranbrook Rotary Club member who has also served as BC Chamber of Commerce first vice-chair (1999), Cranbrook and District Chamber of Commerce president (1997 and 1998), Kootenay Ice WHL franchise committee member (1998), and Kootenay Bar Association president (1998).
	www.legis.gov.bc.ca /mla/37thparl/bennett.htm (296 words)

	Bill Bennett's Vice
		Bennett never claimed to be the perfect role model of virtue and morality.
		Bill Bennett may not be the perfect model of ethical living -- who is? But his flaws do not forfeit his ability -- and responsibility -- to teach values.
		Dr. Bennett was praised by Coretta Scott King, widow of Martin Luther King, for consistently referring to her late husband as "Reverend King", an appellation that makes the mainstream media uncomfortable.
	www.aish.com /family/mensch/Bill_Bennetts_Vice.asp (1328 words)

	Nevada's Most Wanted
		Bennett defended himself against charges of hypocrisy by pointing out that he never hurt anyone else, that he didn't break the law, and that he views gambling like he views alcohol.
		Bill Bennett weighed in, telling USA Today that her husband's gambling days were behind him.
		If you see Bill Bennett in a casino, or about to enter a casino, or, God forbid, sitting in front of a slot machine, tell Bill Bennett to go home to the wife and stop blowing his kids' inheritance.
	www.thestranger.com /specials/bennett.html (663 words)

	Bill Bennett's Abortion Fantasies
		So now we know that William Bennett, in addition to being a moral crusader with a gambling habit, is a pro-lifer who supports abortion.
		Leaving aside the question of whether Bennett considers eugenics or abortion the greater sin, the statement was so outrageous it hardly deserves a second thought beyond immediate censure.
		Bennett's take on race as a key determinant of criminal behavior is so unsettling because it reveals in such stark terms the conservative conflation of poverty and race in America and exposes the racist fears that underlie our criminal justice policy.
	www.thenation.com /doc/20051017/sorkin (782 words)

	The bigotry of Bill Bennett's low expectations. - By William Saletan - Slate Magazine
		Bennett didn't say you could cut the crime rate by practicing abortion "in other places" or "any other community." He said you could cut it by aborting fls.
		Bennett understands the psychological effect of negative assumptions in the context of affirmative action: To suggest that "fl young people couldn't get into college unless we gave them points for their race is to be involved in the bigotry of low expectations," he argued two years ago.
		Bennett implies he got the idea from Slate: "The author of Freakonomics, Steve Levitt, engages the theory that abortion reduces crime, and he also discusses, as I did, the racial implications of abortion and crime.
	www.slate.com /id/2127378 (1230 words)

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