European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday april 26, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 15commentarywhat 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 Seattle times the nations capital exists As a world unto itself a cloistered society that takes care of its own. The House of representatives demonstrated that again just before representatives returned Home to participate in the ritual charade campaigning against Washington. As approved by the House 17,000 Federal workers who served in desert storm would have the taxpayers make up the difference Between their military pay and their government salaries. Desert storm caused severe financial hardships for thousands of military families. Well connected government workers ought not be rewarded for their proximity to the Federal . Public opinion Little in Warren Rudmanis recent complaint about the failures of government is new. Nor is be the first member of Congress in recent years to quit because he was frustrated by the systems inability to function. But Republican Rudman who is leaving government after representing new Hampshire for 12 years in the . Senate is one of the people who has been known not Only for trying to make it work but also for an uncommon Candor transcending partisanship about the problems As he perceived them the Blade Toledo Ohio congressional life used to be made tolerable by the club Biness of the general atmosphere on Capitol Hill. As the list of retiring lawmakers grows whether because of age a sudden desire to spend More time with the family redistricting barbs from the White House the House banking scandal or some other reason one can expect political scientists and commentators to have a Field Day Over the perceived crisis of Confidence in government. The party is Over and the Public faces the Prospect of nursing a Long hangover. That is the Root cause of whatever discontent with government there Clarion Ledger Jackson miss. The election year poking at lawyers by president Bush and vice president Dan Quayle is a sure applause line but there is More than a Grain of truth to what they say. They report that the United states has 70 percent of All the lawyers in the world and that 18 million new civil lawsuits Are filed a year. This they say is a hindrance to business both Here and abroad. Last year Quayle proposed 50 Points of Reform As chairman of the presidents Council on competitiveness. This year Bush is carrying the Torch pressing for Federal legislation to limit litigation. But its doubtful anything will pass. Lawyers account for 46 percent of Var Gunian Pilot it Ledger Star Norfolk a. President Bush struck a Small blow for political Freedom. When he ordered Federal contractors to Grant workers More control Over whether their Union dues Are spent in political campaigns. Al Cio president Lane Kirkland characterized. Bush a action As a obsequious pandering to the ultralight Wing of his did the president have a political motive of course. He wanted to Shore up his support on the right just As democratic politicians often a pander to unions to build support on the left. But politics aside the presidents order is still Good Providence . Journel bulletin if the . Supreme court should overturn its 1973 Roe is. Wade decision legalizing abortion As some expect millions of women could face drastic changes in their lives. Such a ruling reversing what has been settled practice for nearly two decades could complicate a or even negate a what Many people have come to see As a legally protected right. Abortion is a deeply troubling Issue for most americans but assuring these rights seems a fundamental duty of a civilized society. Having such a guarantee in no Way tramples on or abrogates the rights of those who oppose abortion on Bellingham Wash Herald As pollution restrictions drive up the Price of electricity generated by Coal natural Gas and Oil and environmental restrictions curtail hydroelectric Power americans May come to regret having too Little nuclear Power. A Century from now we will Rue our shortsightedness at not having used nuclear Power to its Best morning journal Martinsburg . It seems that the . Senate finally is giving up on a 20-year attempt to rewrite history soviet style. A bust of former vice president Spiro t. Agnew soon will be commissioned and when Complete it will join the gallery of illustrious and not so illustrious vice presidents in the Senate Wing of the Capitol. Agnew who indulged in corrupt practices As governor of Maryland was caught and resigned the vice presidency in disgrace clearly was the victim of a Post watergate political snub. The vice presidential gallery is not a place where special Honor is conferred upon those who have held the office. Rather it simply recognizes the March of Charlotte . Observer three years ago experts in the . Department of Energy wanted to warn National Security officials that Iraq was quietly buying materials to make nuclear weapons. But their warning was squelched by higher who knew that a other analysts thought that iraqis nuclear efforts were years from fruition and b american policy at the time was to tilt toward Iraq As a counterbalance to Iran. Truth depends on Candor and debate which Are served Best by openness los Angeles times not even the most enthusiastic proponent of capital punishment could have found the execution of Robert Alton Harris edifying. The truth is that it was a circus. Something was lost in California. In addition to the life of a murderer. That something was Dally Gazette Schenectady . Since its introduction in the courts in the late 1980s, Dan fingerprinting has led to nearly 200 convictions in criminal cases. A recent report on the status of this technique shows the dangers of allowing an imperfect technology to drive our criminal Justice system. Justice is too important a matter to be left to technology alone. And if the technology in question is As prone to errors As Dan typing seems to be at present a temporary moratorium is the Only solution that makes any record Hackensack . The time has come for new Jersey to declare War on a different kind of threat to the environment a the Canada Goose. Victory wont come overnight but the state has no Choice. The Canada Goose population has reached the Point where the waterfowl once viewed with affection is a Public menace. Goose droppings threaten to ruin some Golf courses and Parks and they Are contaminating Ponds and lakes. Lets face it its time their Goose gets Richmond a nows loader remember John Sununu firing him was supposed to save the Bush presidency. No sooner did Sununu walk the Plank than the White House began to sink. Recent weeks have seen the president rebound somewhat. He appears More confident once again comfortably in command. He has waded into Congress and swatted aside the Buchanan Challenge. The explanation for or. Bush a political recovery is simple. He has returned at least partly to Sunun Ulike politics. Call it the former chief of staffs Sweet Kansas City to Star for the first time in several years the . Steel Industry is operating without the Protection of voluntary import restraints a or quotas a aimed at keeping out foreign steel. Some lawmakers have begun efforts to restore Trade barriers. Instead they should let american companies compete. Congressional attempts to once again shield the Industry Promise Only to erode its ability to world Horald a census Bureau report contained the startling finding that a significant number of americans say they have trouble speaking and understanding English. While it is desirable to have a country of diverse cultures and languages America needs the common Bond of English to continue to thrive. It would be devastating if the trend toward a multilingual society divided a Rich heritage and created a segmented culture of americans who found it difficult to communicate with one Mountain nows donor How did we become a society where filet mignon is available in the smallest Corner grocery while growing ranks of fatherless kids eat rationed Peanut butter and what can we do about it. This society can do a much better Job at tightening the Legal screws on men who fail to pay child support. A country in which scofflaws who skip payment on a new Auto Are routinely tracked Down can surely Corner Deadbeat dads and establish paternity for far More out of Wedlock births
