European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday december 22. 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 13commentary what newspapers Are saying at Home the san Diego Tribune item a the soviet Flag with Hammer and sickle will be lowered from above the Kremlin on new years that statement from russian president Boris n. Yeltsin makes it official does t it seventy four years after the Hammer and sickle were run up the Flag will come Down for the last time. What is remarkable about soviet communism is that something so bad could last so Long. The Miami Herald imagine the uproar if the judge in a civil rights Case called a Black then word. Such an epithet is repulsive anywhere in a court of Law it s unforgivable. But there were no Legal repercussions earlier this year when . District judge Oliver Gasch in Washington d.c., thrice called Joseph Stephen a kicked out of the . Naval Academy for being a homosexual a a the judge refused plaintiffs request that he recuse himself. Judge Gasch not Only upheld the military s exclusion of homosexuals but found a new reason aids. He found the policy Quot rational in that it is directed in part at preventing those who Are at the greatest risk of dying of aids from More is at stake however than the future of homosexuals in the military. To condone such a policy consigns an estimated l percent of americans to a second class status. On such a Large Issue this Small minded ruling must not be the last word. Greensboro no news amp record Patrick Buchanan a run for the Republican presidential nomination won t get far its Safe to say. He does no to have the Money to run a serious Campaign against an incumbent like George Bush. But that does no to mean his Challenge is insignificant. Buchanan has an influential place in american politics. The conservative columnist and combative television commentator is one of the most visible pundits in the country. But the commentator trades on a knee Jerk Appeal to the Darker impulses of Many americans. He portrays immigrants As a threat to american purity and is unbridled in his criticism of Israel. Those effusions probably Haven to Hurt his television career but they can easily backfire and should in a political Campaign. Buchanan will offer an Avenue for hard right republicans to get their message to the president. Bush will take some lumps in the process. But Buchanan a politics place him Well outside the mainstream even the Republican mainstream. The Sun Herold Biloxi miss. The supreme court threw out the new York Law that would Stop criminals from profiting from the telling of their crimes. The Law ought to be rewritten asap. The decision ought to Send legislators in every state Back to the drafting room either to clean up their own a son of same Law or to write one if their state does t have one already. The justices Are upset that the new York Law is written too broadly so broadly that it violates constitutionally guaranteed Freedom of expression. Theirs is a legitimate concern. We have often expressed our Faith in and admiration of the first amendment guarantees of Freedom of speech. But As sacred As that right is it too can be forfeited. Criminals forfeit their Liberty upon conviction and Are confined in jails for extended periods of time. That is their punishment it is not a violation of the Constitution. We see nothing unconstitutional or wrong about the state seizing Money made by criminals who sell their stories. Or with using the Money for victim compensation. Monroe wis evening times a Poison tipped Barb to . Rep. Les Aspin d-wis., for calling last week for renewed bombing of Iraq. Aspin said the bombing is necessary if Saddam Hussein continues in his Defiance of International efforts to eliminate his nuclear and chemical weapons programs. ,. But the United states has already spent billions bombing Iraq Back to the pre Industrial age. Does Aspin seriously think a country that cannot even feed or provide electricity to Many of its own people will be Able to Field highly advanced weapons any time in the next Century or perhaps his buddies in the defense Industry Are a wefts no. In Hie Une Tor Reo Pue to War control of tue wet nuclear Arsenal getting nervous about upcoming military spending cuts. With the blood of As Many As 200,000 iraqis already on our hands it is time to say enough is enough. Albuquerque . Journal the non aggression pact signed by North and South Korea last week does no to mean the two Korea will soon be United. The Accord is a first important step toward reunification however. North Korea seems particularly interested in improving relations with South Korea. Growing isolation from the International Community a need for economic assistance for its faltering Economy and a desire for better relations with both Japan and the United states helped push the two together. There is a growing urgency for defusing the tension Between the two Korea. North Korea May be close to developing a nuclear capability possibly by 1993. The Accord should help end Mutual hostilities and Advance discussion of a full peace treaty to replace the armistice that ended the 1950-53 korean War. New Day Long Island . For the United states the emergence of a United Europe represents the Ever More compelling necessity to shape itself up to be a More efficient competitor for global markets. A Europe 1992,�?� the code term for the set of treaties sketched out at maastricht is no longer a theoretical goal. European leaders managed to drop the first shoe a economic Union a just in time for the Calendar to turn. The other shoe political Union May not drop for quite some time a if Ever. But As things stand Europe is already Well on its Way to becoming a True common Market of 400 million people trading with a single currency and governed by a single set of Laws for Commerce environment and immigration. There is no doubt that the new european Union will further erode . Influence in Europe. Philadelphia daily news every once in a while a businessman hero comes along in an old Industry and gets incredible results results far beyond what is usual. The articles in the business press follow and everybody wonders How the Miracle Man did it. Usually it is by being a Crook. Charles Keating s savings and loan flourished to such an extent he became adviser to Republican Bluenose a on How to censor everything in sight. Meanwhile he was skinning investors scooping in millions and bribing officials with Campaign contributions a before conviction on 17 fraud counts. Robert Maxwell was an incredible newspaper Mogul miraculously building an enormous Empire irom virtually nothing. How did he do it he stole pension funds from his own employees and defrauded investors before polluting the sea with his thieving Corpse. Next Miracle Man who comes along first let s have the police look at his books. Chicago Sun times it should never have been necessary in the first place and it was too Long coming. But the u n. General Assembly its Honor stained and its respect dimmed for 16 years by adoption of a Resolution equating zionism with racism finally has revoked that soviet inspired smear. The end of the cold War and resultant shifts in political winds Are mainly responsible for the lopsided vote for the repeal on monday. The Vole also represents a belated Triumph for decency expunging an action that the United nations should never had taken. The journal Gazette fort Wayne ind. Researchers in Pennsylvania have just Given the nation the quickest easiest Way to reduce our alarming number of teen suicides done to keep firearms in your Home. In the latest Issue of the journal of the american medical association. University of Pittsburgh researchers report that adolescents who committed suicide were twice As Likely to have guns in their Homes As those adolescents who attempted but failed to kill themselves or never attempted suicide. There is an eloquent message Here Lor parents a Don t keep guns in the House. It could be the most important decision you will Ever make. Kansas City to Star one of the most senseless factors making the United states a second class country for children is its failure to protect All of them against common childhood diseases. . Surgeon general Antonia Novello recently pointed to a 17th-Placc ranking for immunizing children a and 56th for immunizing minority children. The children a defense fund a private advocacy organization has documented a decline in the rate of vaccination for very Young americans that started in 19x11. It is a shameful record. Here is something that clearly prevents illness. It is also cheap. Federal Law requires youngsters to he immunized before starting school. Nothing mandates attention to younger children. Just How forgettable they Are is illustrated by president Bush a threat earlier in the fall to veto a Bill to boost Federal spending for that age group. It worked. Congress hacked Oft. Prevention of polio and measles and mumps and diphtheria so that the youngest among us Aren t Hurt or killed is society s responsibility. It is the least the government can do for infants and toddlers whose parents cannot or will not protect them properly. The oregonian Portland Ore. On the news wire the other Day was another of those breathless stories a they be been going on for 21 months now a about the romantic misadventures of a new York City real Colatc Man with All the personality of a smoked Mackerel. His name is Donald Trump. He is usually described As a a millionaire Developer Quot even though at one Point he was believed to he a Phillio Nair Developer. He owns some office buildings in new York and casinos in Atlantic City . His Quot aspiring actress Girlfriend is Marla Maples of Dalton a. He divorced his wife a year ago and gave the aspiring actress a 7.45-Carat Diamond engagement ring. That a about All anyone needs to know about that. But Many newspapers supermarket tabloids television networks and celebrity magazines just wont let it rest
