One of the FBI's top agents warned yesterday that corruption in the US was increasing and tearing at the fabric of society.
Special agent John Gillies, who has led major anti-corruption drives during his 27-year career with the bureau, focused his words primarily on crooked financiers and unscrupulous officials.
However, he added that sporting heroes such as Tiger Woods were also to blame, letting down children who saw them as role models.
...For anyone tempted by easy money or looking for a way out of a dead-end job, he offered this advice: "The worst day at work is still better than the best day in jail."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/09/fbi-corruption-america
Leading rabbis have published a harsh letter in Chareidi newspapers against Chareidi websites, in an attempt to keep their public off the internet.
About a week ago, I heard a rabbi speaking about how the internet ensnares a person who wouldn't go on it for personal use. The individual says to himself that he is only going to go on the kosher sites. Once he is on the internet, one click leads to another, with sometimes disastrous results.
This week I read comments from the director of the newest Harry Potter film which will be released sometime in the coming year.
The first Harry Potter film came out and a parent says to himself why not let my child see the film? It is wholesome family entertainment - rated PG. A little while down the line, other HP films rate a PG-13. And, as for the seventh film? Just a word of caution, based upon what the director had to say.
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