And never mind principles: even the homeless have names, histories, and inquisitive social workers.

NEWYORKER: Wakefield

In waiving Jackson-Vanik, the Bush administration is subordinating more deserving and more needy recipients of American taxpayer aid -- starving Africans and the struggling democracies of East Europe come to mind, or even America's own homeless.

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Never mind fashioning dog food in the image of a homeless man, riding the rails or a soul-food restaurant in east Little Rock.

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