{"id":3695,"date":"2005-03-19T12:50:24","date_gmt":"2005-03-19T16:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/03\/19\/wiped-clean\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:53","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:53","slug":"wiped-clean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/03\/19\/wiped-clean\/","title":{"rendered":"wiped clean"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><em>an encore from our <\/em><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><em>newest Honored Guest<\/em>:<\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">one last look<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">through the old apartment<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">a dry sponge<\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the mirror<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">wiped clean<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">for a guest<\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Palm Sunday<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">following the plow<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">to church<\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; by\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/03\/18#a3481\"><font color=\"red\" face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><strong>John Stevenson<\/strong><\/font><\/a><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"> from <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1893959449\/qid=1111164588\/sr=11-1\/ref=sr_11_1\/104-1569557-1267912\"><strong><font color=\"#2294bc\" face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><em>Quiet Enough<\/em><\/font><\/strong><\/a><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"> (Red Moon Press, 2004)<\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"2\"><em><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">by <\/font><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$3281\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><strong><em>dagosan<\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/a><em><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">: <font> <\/font><\/font><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">frozen river&#8211;<\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">snow hides<\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the elm&#8217;s reflection<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><font size=\"1\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">&#8211; <\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\">from <em><a href=\"http:\/\/mdn.mainichi.co.jp\/haiku\/index.html\"><font color=\"black\">Manichi Daily News<\/font><\/a><\/em> March 5, 2005 (No. 669)<\/font><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><font size=\"3\"> <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span><font size=\"3\"><strong><em><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">potluck<\/font><\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/span><font size=\"3\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"3\"><font size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><font size=\"3\"><font size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"3\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><font size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/>  <\/font>Is anyone surprised that many teens who promise to abstain from  <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"3\"> <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"3\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">sex before marriage are using definitional loopholes (think Clintonian) and<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"3\"> <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"3\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">contracting just as many sexually transmitted diseases as non-promisers?<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"3\"> <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"3\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">(<\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/health\/2005-03-18-sex-study_x.htm\"><font color=\"black\" face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Study: Abstinence pledges may trigger risky sexual behavior<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><font color=\"black\">,<\/font> AP\/<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"3\"> <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"3\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><em>USA Today<\/em>, , March 19, 2005)  What&#8217;s the world coming to? (via<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"3\"> <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"3\"><a href=\"http:\/\/talkleft.com\/new_archives\/010093.html\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">TalkLeft<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">)<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<ul><font size=\"3\"><\/p>\n<li><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">How about abstinence <em>after<\/em> marriage?   Isn&#8217;t today the Feast of <a href=\"http:\/\/encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com\/Saint_Joseph\">St. Joseph<\/a>? <\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/holyfamily.gif\" alt=\"holy family\" \/><\/font>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">I think of him as the Patron Saint <\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">of Involuntary Celibates.  I can relate, dude.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<p><\/font><\/ul>\n<p><font size=\"3\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"3\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/>  Norm Pattis at <a href=\"http:\/\/federalism.typepad.com\/crime_federalism\/2005\/03\/way_to_go_pete.html\"><em>Crime &amp; Federalism<\/em> is right<\/a>: Judge Dorsey was far<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"3\"> <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"3\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">too lenient in sentencing Connecticut Governor Rowland to merely one year <\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">for <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"3\"> <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"3\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">his acceptance of illegal gifts . <\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.courant.com\/news\/local\/hc-rowland0319.artmar19,0,325503.story?coll=hc-big-headlines-breaking\"><font color=\"black\">courant.com<\/font><\/a>,  &#8220;Rowland Sentenced: One Year,&#8221; <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"3\"> <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"3\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">March 19, 2005).  To my mind, so-called &#8220;public service&#8221; and the related &#8220;public<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"3\"> <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"3\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">trust&#8221; should usually be a <\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">reason <\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">to <em>in<\/em>crease a sentence, not to decrease it.  <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"3\"> <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"3\"> <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"3\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"3\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/>  Please don&#8217;t miss our tribute to <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/newsItems\/edit\/\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Sol Linowitz<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"> immediately below.<\/font> <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"3\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"3\"> <\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>an encore from our newest Honored Guest: one last look through the old apartment a dry sponge the mirror wiped clean for a guest Palm Sunday following the plow to church &nbsp; &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; by\u00a0 John Stevenson from Quiet Enough (Red Moon Press, 2004) &nbsp; &nbsp; by dagosan: frozen river&#8211; snow hides the elm&#8217;s reflection &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2926],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pre-06-2006"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6kP1R-XB","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3695"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13312,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3695\/revisions\/13312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}