Then: A Miami man gets thirty days in the stockade for wearing a flag patch on the seat of his trousers.

1. Now: Thirty days in the stockade seems like something out of a movie Western.
2. Now: Miami department stores sell boxer trunks made up to look like an American flag. Times have changed.
3. Now: Miami no longer cares what people wear, so long as they wear something.
4. Now: Miami no longer puts people in stockades.

Yes, I charge a little more than other dentists.

1. You should see what my dentist charges me, though.
2. And I offer services that other dentists don’t always offer.
3. But I feel I give better service. So my billing practices are justified.
4. But I don’t charge as much as I could.

John Montgomery has been the Eastern Baseball League’s best closer this season. Unfortunately, when a closer gets shelled, as Montgomery did last night, it takes him a while to recover.

1. He may never recover.
2. In fact, his team may want to think about trading him.
3. Nobody will say he is the best closer after that performance.
4. There are other pitchers on his team who could be closers.

There is trouble in the Middle East, there is a recession at home, and all economic indicators are trending downward.

1. It seems likely, then, that the only way the stock market can go is down.
2. Most news media agree that this is the case.
3. It would be nice to see economic indicators trending upward instead.
4. There are similar conditions in other regions throughout the world.

Fears that chemicals in teething rings and soft plastic toys may cause cancer may be justified.

1. Cancer is one of the biggest health concerns society faces.
2. Last week, the Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a report confirming that low amounts of DEHP, known to cause liver cancer in lab animals, may be absorbed from certain infant products.
3. There are many other things that also cause cancer.
4. Chemicals have been used in such items for years.

Pornography often depicts women as servants or slaves or as otherwise inferior to men.

1. In light of that, it seems reasonable to expect to find more women than men who are upset by
2. Pornography is much more prevalent than it used to be thanks to the Internet.
3. Pornography depicts women in other ways, as well.
4. Most pornography is created by men.

The Carrie Diaries isn’t very good.

1. I checked it out of the library because I thought it would be good.
2. I don’t know what the author was thinking when they wrote it.
3. It’s just a repackage of Sex and the City.
4. It is one of many bad books I’ve read lately.

Computers will never be able to converse intelligently through speech.

1. A simple example proves this. The sentences “How do you recognize speech?” and “How do you wreck a nice beach?” have different meanings, but they sound similar enough that a computer could not distinguish between the two.
2. They can do many other useful things, though.
3. They will simply use other means of communication.
4. Computers will also never display personality.

Once upon a time Washington, DC, passed an ordinance prohibiting private ownership of firearms.

1. After that, Washington’s murder rate shot up 121 percent. Bans on firearms are clearly counterproductive.
2. Most people in Washington, DC, didn’t own firearms anyway.
3. The ordinance was similar to one passed by Baltimore, MD.
4. It was one of many ordinances Washington, DC, passed.

Carl would like to help out, but he won’t be in town.

1. He is going to visit his grandmother, who is ill.
2. He should be back in town the following week.
3. We’ll have to find someone else who owns a truck.
4. He might not have been much help anyway.

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