Gov. Heineman told me the first commandment of Nebraska politics: Never diss the Cornhuskers.

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The latter, while not a commandment in the neutrality order, seems to be the end game.

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But neither are companies designed to be responsible, which brings us to the second commandment.

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The charge is, in essence, that Edwards violated the Seventh Commandment prohibiting adultery.

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So he tweaked his coverage commandment in an effort to stem the public relations nightmare without really changing anything.

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The theory is easily disproven, but it remains a commandment of postmodern gospel.

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Yet nearly two billion people unblushingly call themselves Christian, happily breaking almost every commandment should the occasion arise, serving Mammon and goodness knows who else.

ECONOMIST: Jesus

This latter commandment being the most difficult one to follow.

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With this medal we ask the god who commands us to love our neighbor as ourselves, to wrap his arms around the family of Corporeal Jason Dunham, a Marine who is not here today because he lived that commandment to the fullest.

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He also has a knack of picking up enemies, both great (George Pataki, the state governor, may spend more time supporting the presidential bid of George W. Bush) and small: Mr Giuliani has broken what is arguably the first commandment of authoritarian politicians by waging war on New York's taxi-drivers.

ECONOMIST: Hillary Clinton