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Civilization in Decline

Two welfare mothers were charged with first degree murder in Miami. They left their children locked in a room and went out for a night on the town. The children got out and one of them drowned. ... Bill Bennett tells the story of watching Oprah and seeing a single mother defend her active social life by saying that she needed a life. "In five minutes, I watched 5,000 years of civilization turned on its head."

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