European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 1, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 1, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 13commentary Niles Liberty us what newspapers Are saying at Home the following editorial excerpts Are selected from a Cross Section of newspapers throughout the United states. The editorials Are provided to the stars and stripes by the associated press and United press  Joplin to Globe in the current tax cutting passion rhetoric threatens to run away with reality. Both plans president Bush s and the democrats have been forged in the Furnace of presidential politics a making them Long on heat and Short on Light. Herald dispatch Huntington . President Bush a proposed program of health care reforms has been widely criticized As inadequate a a band Aid approach that wont work. But at least one portion of the president s program has been welcomed by virtually everybody a a Cap on non economic damages in malpractice suits and urgent procedural reforms that would prompt Many cases to be settled Long before they come to trial a thus saving dollars for All concerned. The Mississippi press Pascagoula miss. The major thrust of the Energy Bill passed by the Senate is to boost fuels that Are environmentally preferable to Oil. The Bill would encourage use of natural Gas a clean burning and abundant fuel through expedited licensing for interstate pipelines. And it would eliminate regulatory barriers to greater use of natural Gas in cars. San Diego Union Tribune two decades after the introduction of breast implants in women a panel of experts has urged the food and drug administration to restrict their use. Since its inception the Fra has relied on manufacturers to test thoroughly the products they submit for government approval and to report those findings honestly. But the continuation of the trustful relationship could Well depend on whether Dow Corning and Upjohn Are telling the truth or whether they indeed were gambling with Consumers  Bradenton Fla Herald sex education in schools is not working. If it were we  be Reading surveys that indicate an alarming number of adolescents do Little to protect themselves against aids despite knowing that the disease kills those who catch tithe daily times Farmington . The scenario could have been scribbled by a Monk in medieval Europe. At some Point we have to treat aids for what it is a terrible communicable disease that threatens us  Boston Herald. The message that kids have been getting a that if you Are going to have sex you should use a condom a does no to Only give permission it gives a false sense of Security. For adolescents the Only real Security is  wis news Herald perhaps much hand wringing debate could be avoided if Washington simply announced Cash giveaways to anyone who wants to go to College. Free Money. Come and get it. Taxpayers deserve some Assurance their Loans will be repaid. The Post Star Glen Falls . Under the 20-year-old National health services corps program taxpayers provide millions of dollars in scholarships to aspiring physicians in Exchange for pledges that after medical school they will serve the poor for two to four years. Eighty three percent of the 13,800 medical scholarship graduates have honoured their obligations. It is the other 17 percent the Deadbeat doctors who have prompted Sharp criticism of the otherwise commendable Federal program. There is a simpler Way of getting medical draft dodgers to Honor their commitment deny them a License to practice Medicine. A great Bend Tribune great Bend Kan. If you done to like the Way we do our Job get involved. That was one response to a recent poll that showed Many Black americans want Black organizations to move beyond civil rights and Deal with problems like crime unemployment and inadequate education. Benjamin l. Hooks executive director of the a act reacted by suggesting that critics should Stop talking and join the organization. It is the Best advice he could possibly give. Tribune review Greensburg a. Democratic presidential candidate Paul Tsongas is getting respectful attention from some republicans these Days. Unlike some of his fellow liberals Tsongas does no to develop a rash at the Mere mention of the word profit. But he clearly shares their affection for Mother government. That strikes us As a distinction without a  san Francisco now that president Bush has heard what new Hampshire thinks of his White House performance now that a columnist who has never held office has embarrassed him at the polls he is Rushing to do Battle. Sooner or later though Bush and his advisers will have to face the truth the presidents biggest liability is his own presidency the Stuttgart Ark Dally Leader you can expect to see plenty of images of the . Victory in the persian Gulf War when this years presidential race begins to heat up. The Success of operation desert storm is president Bush a greatest accomplishment during his first term in office. But not everything the president did in the foreign policy Arena was a Success. The current leadership in China could prove to be As much of an embarrassment for the president As the continuing presence of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. Richmond a times dispatch those opposing the use of Force to expel Saddam Hussein from Kuwait argued that the United states should allow sanctions More time to work before unleashing desert storm. Haiti proves them wrong. Last fall the . Led the organization of american states in imposing economic sanctions against Haiti. Haiti is far smaller and poorer than Iraq. It has no Oil. If Haiti can stand up to . Sanctions think of what Saddam land could have  Mich news once again the planes of a democratic Alliance Wing their Way Over Europe Laden with food and Medicine for beleaguered people. The 1948 Airlift to Berlin preserved Freedom in a City under soviet sponsored siege. Now the planes Fly from a prosperous United Germany a to save Moscow the capital of the former oppressors from the fallout of 74 years of economic suicide. But the purpose is the same. As in 1948, it is right for the United states to participate. This is other Crossroads for democracy. Vethe Dallas morning news 1 he Bush administration s policy toward the Commonwealth of Independent states is still a work in Progress. But the new world order would be greatly enhanced if the two  agreement on a new level of strategic nuclear arms in time for a proposed Summit meeting Between president Bush and russian president Boris Yeltsin in july. The Providence sunday journal Rhode Island the Hope filled phrase a Middle East peace process now rings More hollow than Ever. The mounting violence on both sides has come despite the presence inside Lebanon of thousands of United nations peacekeeping troops. Israelis reprisals on a foe beyond its Borders Are extraordinarily ill timed and could easily be confused for open aggression. Israel has Only made its problems  Blade Toledo Ohio few foreigners Ever get the Opportunity to talk to Shin Kanemaru vice president of the ruling Liberal democratic party in Japan. He prefers to operate from behind the scenes rather than on Center stage. For whatever reasons he chose to say it he had some Good advice recently for some of the More talkative members of his party. A if we belittle the United states there is no future for Japan Quot he said. A Japan can exist because the United states exists but it is not the other Way around. We owe our Prosperity to the United states. Many japanese forget this . Kanemaru a warning is a timely one to a society whose current Industrial prowess is As much a matter of american Sufferance As of its own . Louis Post dispatch the Pentagon believes it must have forces and weapons sufficient to fight at least two Large regional wars simultaneously while also being Able to conduct a major military Campaign in Europe against Russia. Oddly Pentagon planners never envisioned having to fight three wars simultaneously during the cold War. With the collapse of soviet communism , the Pentagon seems to think the world is More dangerous than Ever. Or is the danger on Capitol Hill where the Pentagon fears Congress will greatly reduce military spending if new threats to . Interests Are not looming on the horizon. The nation is poised at a Crossroads Ami its future depends on whether it clings to the same old ways or takes advantage of the new reality