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Judicial featherbedding explains why judges insist on filtering everything the jurors hear.
European national leaders know they've got to tackle their deficits, but none of them wants the heat for cutting featherbedding or generous social-payment systems.
Today's front page story covers the featherbedding that seems to be a feature of almost all city departments.
Everybody knows about union featherbedding, and everybody knows about complex legislation--written by lawyers--that only lawyers can interpret.