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Dominican Republican: our man up north in Manhattan.(CULTURE WATCH)(public assistance)

National Review

| December 31, 2006 | Lee Steorts, Jason | COPYRIGHT 2006 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

I MUST confess to a sin, although among NATIONAL REVIEW readers it is probably more like a heresy: I have been, as recently as this year, a ward of the welfare state.

It wasn't my fault. I slipped onto the dole without even realizing it, and I am happy to report that the experience had a reforming effect. That is, it convinced me once and for all that "public assistance" is a generally rotten idea, encouraging people to do generally rotten things.

There is, in Manhattan, a neighborhood called Inwood, and until recently it was my misfortune to live there. Inwood is the northernmost tip of the island, a stone's throw from Albany and a quick stroll to the ...

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