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	William Bennett - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bennett resigned from this post in 1988 and, later that year, was appointed to the post of Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy by President Bush.
		Bennett is a staunch supporter of the War on Drugs and has been criticized for his extreme views on the issue.
		Bennett is a member of the Project for the New American Century (PNAC) and was one of the signers of the January 26, 1998 PNAC Letter sent to President Bill Clinton urging Clinton to remove Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein from power.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Bennett (1436 words)

	Bill Bennett - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William Richards Bennett, PC, OC, (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 (398 words)

	SIR WILLIAM STERNDALE BENNETT - LoveToKnow Article on SIR WILLIAM STERNDALE BENNETT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Bennett visited Leipzig a second time in 1840-1841, when he composed his Caprice in E for pianoforte and orchestra and his overture The Wood Nymphs.
		The principal charm of Bennetts compositions (not to mention his absolute mastery of the musical form) consists in the tenderness of their conception, rising occasionally to sweetest lyrical intensity.
		Observations conducted during several months have shown that, whilst the mean temperature at Fort William was 57 F., at the summit of Ben Nevis it was 41 F., and that though the rainfall at the fort amounted to 24 in., it was as much as 43 in.
	88.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BE/BENNETT_SIR_WILLIAM_STERNDALE.htm (1064 words)

	Patriot William Bennett
		William Bennett again volunteered for service in September of 1782 again at New Christ, New Hampshire in the Company of Captain Cutting Farror for a term of three months where he was again employed to guard the frontiers of the state along the Connecticut River.
		William Bennett, a Revolutionary War veteran, arrived in Kane County in 1836 with his wife, Sally, and her children from a previous marriage, the Wards.
		Graves of William and Sally Bennett with the marker from the Elgin and Elias Kent Kane chapters of the DAR.
	pages.prodigy.net /parrish55/FoxValleyWilliamBennett.html (1471 words)

	The First 100 Persons Who Shaped Southern Nevada
		It wasn't his fault, said Bennett, but "I was so damned embarrassed I wanted to get out of town." So he moved to a new city and a new industry, and became arguably the most successful gaming executive of the 1960s and 1970s.
		According to Larson, Bennett figured that since he gave department heads almost total authority, their main problem would be finding enough time to do all the tasks they would set for themselves.
		Bennett attempted to buy the property personally; since Circus Circus was also an interested potential buyer, his critics charged that he had violated his responsibilities as a Circus Circus board member.
	www.1st100.com /part3/bennett.html (2219 words)

	CampusProgress.org \| Know Your Right-Wing Speakers: William Bennett
		Bennett claimed that "[s]tories about looting and shooting and gangs and roving gangs and so on" after Hurricane Katrina inspired his “abort every fl baby” comment.
		Bennett’s hard line on substance abuse and personal morality may seem a tad ironic, in light of the fact that he is a drinker and a former chain-smoker.
		Bennett also tried to dishonestly weasel his way out of it, by claiming that he had won more than he lost—a virtual (no pun intended) statistical impossibility when you play slots—claiming that he got started gambling by playing bingo in church, and pointing out that he could afford to.
	www.campusprogress.org /tools/582/know-your-right-wing-speakers-william-bennett (922 words)

	"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)

	WILLIAM BENNETT
		Bennett had spent the night with her; she was pregnant at the time with their daughter, Ebony.
		Bennett, however, was convicted and served nearly 10 years in prison for the 1989 armed robbery of a Brookline video store.
		Bennett rose from the crowd and told the gathering that the case directly led to the death of his mother, Pauline Bennett, in 1996.
	www.markrobertwahlberg.com /william_bennett.htm (1022 words)

	William J. Bennett
		William J. Bennett is one of the prime movers of the conservative movement.
		Bennett was one of the creators of Empower America, an organization whose main function seems to be to give its co-directors, which include Vin Weber, Jeane Kirkpatrick and Jack Kemp, access to the nation's news media, talk shows and highest levels of government.
		Bennett and others of his ilk have specialized in the destruction of the Bill of Rights via their evil war on drugs and and they most especially hate and fear the 1st and 2nd Amendments of the Bill of Rights.
	www.mediatransparency.org /personprofile.php?personID=1 (1711 words)

	William Bennett: Morality in the casino
		Bennett regularly gets on TV and the radio and preaches withering sermons to those who fail to live up to the moral code that he has devised.
		William Bennett was seen and heard everywhere on the airwaves, loudly and self-righteously condemning Clinton and calling for his impeachment.
		William Bennett for having the kind of moral failing that he refuses to forgive in others.
	www.irregulartimes.com /bennettgambles.html (1081 words)

	William Bennett: the secret high-stakes gambling life of a former drug "czar"
		William Bennett, secretary of education under Reagan and drug “czar” in the first Bush administration, has engaged in high-stakes gambling to the tune of as much as $8 million in losses in recent years.
		Bennett was one of the signatories of an October 1, 2001 open letter in the Weekly Standard which called for retaliating against Iraq for the September 11, 2001 suicide hijackings, regardless of whether the Hussein regime was in any way responsible.
		The entire sordid affair is, in the end, not a moral issue but illustrative of the hypocrisy of those like William Bennett who are motivated in their personal and political lives not by principles, but by a right-wing and reactionary political agenda and an appetite for wealth and the luxuries that come with it.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2003/may2003/benn-m09.shtml (1394 words)

	American Politics Journal -- William Bennett's "Mourning in America"
		Bennett's desperate decision to appear on Hannity and Colmes was evidence of the pummeled pundit's understandable and undeniable panic.
		Bennett, most likely because he is such a poor second to his super-lawyer brother Bob, has spent his career as a gold-digging professional "moralizer," writing books no one reads built on intellectually indefensible premises.
		Bennett's claims to be a champion of the unfortunate and underprivileged do not square with this tale told by former FCC chairman Reed Hundt at TPMCafe.com.
	www.americanpolitics.com /20050930Koop.html (1154 words)

	The Blog \| Rep. Diane Watson: William Bennett \| The Huffington Post (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Bennett, who is a nationally recognized conservative critic, should be more aware than most that words are ideas that can take on a life of their own.
		Bennett, a crusader for the importance of morality and character in public life and the author of The Book of Virtues, should be most aware that thoughts become words, words become actions, actions become habits, and habits become character.
		Bennett claims that it's a "morally impossible hypothesis" which seems to conclude that, if you could abort all "fl" babies, that you would have some accurate way to measure crime reduction, based on the lack of the African-American race, which would be valid.
	www.huffingtonpost.com /rep-diane-watson/william-bennett_b_8504.html (5139 words)

	Bill Bennett's Bad Bet By Michael Kinsley
		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.
		Billy Bennett isn't much of a philosopher, but he plays one on tv, so undoubtedly he is familiar with Aquinas' conception of the unity of the virtues.
		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 (1970 words)

	William Bennett
		Bennett was President Ronald Reagan's chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
		Many people find Bennett haughty and condescending, and the American media took great and evident pleasure in sanctimoniously condemning him after it was revealed that he enjoyed gambling (reports differ, but he lost $8 million within a period of either a year or ten years).
		Bennett earns $50,000 per lecture engagement, and receives grants from the Saife and John M. Olin Foundations.
	www.nndb.com /people/493/000022427 (321 words)

	American Politics Journal -- The Truth About William Bennett
		However, William Bennett and, for that matter, George W. Bush believe Moon is the type of person who deserves their support.
		The problem was that the research Bennett cited was nothing more than another anti-gay polemicist who was citing Cameron's original flawed research (click here for a comprehensive article on the controversy).
		Bennett pointed out that not a single study showed the efficacy of marijuana in a medical context; what Bennett fails to point out is that the illegal status of weed prevented researchers from doing the research on its medical efficacy.
	www.americanpolitics.com /20030403Scoobie.html (842 words)

	AlterNet: William Bennett's Selective Devotion to Virtue
		William Bennett, former drug czar and professional virtuous guy, has been outed by Newsweek and the Washington Monthly as a casino regular.
		William Bennett has made a sizable fortune with his various books on virtue.
		Maybe Bennett's moral compass is pointing toward the solid profits from his book sales and future speaking engagements ($50,000 per speech).
	www.alternet.org /story.html?StoryID=15847 (1043 words)

	Independent Gay Forum: Olson, Walter. 'William Bennett, Gays, and the Truth.'
		Bennett is a busy man, but even he has access to the back of an envelope.
		In other words, Bennett is not adducing a second authority for his assertions but merely falling back on the first via its recycling by another writer.
		Bennett is right to the extent that there's no excuse for telling falsehoods in the course of raising otherwise legitimate issues.
	www.indegayforum.org /authors/olson/olson27.html (1151 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/William Bennett
		He is a member of the Project for the New American Century (PNAC) and was one of the signers of the January 26, 1998, PNAC Letter sent to President William Jefferson Clinton.
		As a Catholic, Bennett's gambling was not forbidden, but some felt it conflicted with his public image as a leading voice for conservative morals.
		After Bennett's gambling habit became public knowledge, and after he admitted having lost as much as $8,000,000, he claimed he was never addicted to gambling and compared his gambling to responsible drinking.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/William_Bennett (671 words)

	William Bennett, candidate for At-Large Councilmember, biography and letter, July 1998
		Bennett then entered the corporate arena, moving to Boston, Massachusetts where he was a manager in the private industry for six years.
		Bennett is the former Chairman of the Economic Development Committee of the Progressive National Baptist Convention and the Missionary Baptist Ministers’ Conference.
		Bennett is an avid reader and a real “people person.” He is perhaps fondest of children and senior citizens and proudly boasts his dad as his favorite role model.
	www.dcwatch.com /archives/election98/bennett-2.htm (653 words)

	Right-Web \| Individual Profile \| William J. Bennett
		Bennett first rose to prominence in the early 1980s when he was appointed to head the National Endowment for the Humanities, and then later -- in 1985 -- to be Secretary of Education.
		As one historian writes, "Bennett had been director of the rightist Committee for the Free World, a body whose executive director was Midge Dector, who was a trustee of the Heritage Foundation and the wife of Commentary 's influential editor, Norman Podhoretz.
		Bennett was appointed education secretary after he helped produce Heritage's Mandate for Leadership, which argued that the creation of the Education Department had been a "historic blunder, a combination of overweening federal ambition and pandering to interest groups.
	rightweb.irc-online.org /ind/bennett/bennett.php (1025 words)

	William Bennett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		William J. Bennett is one of America’s most important, influential and respected voices on cultural, political, and education issues.
		Bennett is also the host of a national radio show from called "Bill Bennett’s Morning in America" which is syndicated by the Salem Radio Network.
		Bennett was named by focus groups and leading analysts the "Best Communicator of 2002," the most well-received public commentator on the issues of "pride, patriotism, faith, and moral conviction.”
	www.ashbrook.org /events/memdin/bennett2/home.html (677 words)

	USATODAY.com - Virtues maven may have played last slots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		WASHINGTON — Elayne Bennett, wife of conservative virtues maven William Bennett, says her husband is "not addicted" to gambling and has not lost millions of dollars at casinos in Atlantic City and Las Vegas.
		Bennett left the government in 1990 after serving as former president Ronald Reagan's Education secretary and former president George Bush's drug czar.
		Bennett told Newsweek that "over 10 years, I'd say I've come out pretty close to even." He disputed claims that he's lost millions of dollars and said he's never put his family finances at risk.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2003-05-04-bennett-usat_x.htm (444 words)

	William Bennett, top Symphony oboist, back from beating cancer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		William Bennett, the orchestra's principal oboist, is back in action after a bout of tonsil cancer.
		Bennett was diagnosed in September, just before Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas and the orchestra made their live recording of Mahler's Ninth Symphony.
		Today, the tumors are gone, and Bennett, 49, is back where he belongs, playing in the orchestra's Summer in the City concerts this weekend and working to regain the technique that has made him one of the orchestra's most musically eloquent members.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/20/DDGLKDPUSC1.DTL (881 words)

	William J. Bennett - SourceWatch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		William J. Bennett is co-director of Empower America and EMPOWER.org.
		Bennett is one of the signers of the January 26, 1998, Project for the New American Century (PNAC Letter (http://www.newamericancentury.org/iraqclintonletter.htm)) sent to President William Jefferson Clinton.
		Bennett is senior advisor and founder of Americans for Victory Over Terrorism, serves on the advisory council of Center for Security Policy (CSP), is the Washington Fellow for the Claremont Institute, and a distinguished fellow in cultural policy studies at the Heritage Foundation.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=William_J._Bennett (707 words)

	AM - Bennett under fire for abortion comments
		William Bennett, a former Education Secretary in the Reagan administration, made the comment during his syndicated radio show.
		WILLIAM BENNETT: I do know that it's true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could, if that were your sole purpose, you could abort every fl baby in this country and your crime rate would go down.
		WILLIAM BENNETT: If somebody thought I was advocating that, they ought to be angry.
	www.abc.net.au /am/content/2005/s1472550.htm (606 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 (778 words)

	Altus Artists: William Bennett
		This Award was first given in 1991 to the great Jean Pierre Rampal, the ‘father’ of us all in that his existence and success helped bring the flute into a more popular arena necessitating such an organization as the National Flute Association.
		"William Bennett (WIBB) has raised the profile of the flute to that of an instrument of subtle tonal colours, dynamics and expression.
		William Bennett, affectionately referred to by friends and students as “WIBB” has been one of the most inspiring performers and teachers of the last 40 years.
	www.altusflutes.com /artist_bennett.html (678 words)

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