European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 08, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday augusts 1993 commentary the stars and stripe3 Page 13 what newspapers Are saying at Home the following editorial excerpts arc selected from a Cross Section of newspapers throughout the United states. The editorials Are provided by the associated press and United press  advocate Baton Rouge la. President Clinton s newly announced policy on Gays in the military somewhat inaccurately described As Don t ask Don t Tell Don t pursue was meant to be a Compromise which would give everybody a Little bit of what they wanted and nobody everything. V the reaction so far has been mixed with confusion reigning among Many senators. Hopefully that will be cleared up before the proposal becomes final. Sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., chairman of the Senate armed services committee is right in demanding greater clarification. The daily news Jacksonville . Reacting to president Clinton s marginal changes in the 50-year-old policy against Gays in the military avowed homosexual rep. Barney Frank d-mass., promised we will of course keep up the fight in.  of course. Litigation is the last Chance for Gay ban foes. But when homosexual advocacy groups Transfer their Hopes from a sympathetic commander in chief who failed to deliver to the courts they probably will discover they be merely moved from a Blind Alley to a Box Canyon. Tribune review Greensburg a. The less than flattering portrait of retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf that emerges from a new Book crusade the untold Story of the persian Gulf War prompts us to inquire so what. We did t expect stormin Norman an Apt nickname to be sure to act like Little lord Fauntleroy we would have been disappointed if he had. The morning news Tribune Tacoma Wash. Like the Clinton administration s decision on Northwest forests the Compromise on Gays in the military does t seem to please everyone. At Best some say that it s acceptable or "workable.". Change is coming if agonizingly slow sometimes. In a few decades it is Likely most people will be amazed at All the juror that surrounded this Issue Back in 1993. Star Tribune newspaper of the twin cities 4 Minneapolis when supreme court nominees show up for confirmation hearings the Senate judiciary committee typically asks their views on abortion. When they re asked nominees usually hem and Haw. Until. New Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg did something almost unthinkable she said what she thinks. Her Candor revealed much that is comforting about the up and coming Justice. The Clarion Ledger Jackson miss. The . House of representatives added smoke to the controversy Over operation of the House Post office by voting to keep its investigation secret. The vote smacked of partisan politics since a Federal investigation of wrongdoing has indicated that rep. Dan Rostenkowski d-i11., chairman of the ways and Means committee May have profited from a misuse of funds possibly As much As $100,000 the new York times relentless rainfall continues to soak America s Midwest. Rivers Are rising in some places receding in others. But throughout the vast Central watershed the problems have barely begun it May be another month before All the water has drained away. It May be another lifetime before a flood like this one hits again but now is the time to Start thinking about it. New York Dally news the House of representatives has just passed Resolution opposing the chinese Campaign to Host the summer olympics in the year 2000, and the aging leaders who govern China Are distraught. China has made itself a player on the world s economic stage. But until it is prepared to give its citizens their human rights it has no business pressing for the Honor of hosting the olympics. The Boston Globe the Power of a single voice was on ringing display in the Senate. In the course of just a few hours sen. Carol Moseley Braun staged a thunderous defense of diversity in politics and raised Hopes that the future May bring a new level of racial awareness to that cloistered chamber. That the freshman Democrat from Illinois barely six months in office could slam two Republican stalwarts with 37 years in the Senate Between them on the Issue of race was testament not Only to the moral authority of her arguments but also to the enlightening effect of the simple presence of a Black woman. The Indianapolis news William Faulkner once wrote that the past in t dead. In fact it in t even  Faulkner was a Wise Man. His insight was reaffirmed in Congress on july 23 when the . Senate voted 75-25. To deny the United daughters of the confederacy a renewed Patent on an insignia that makes use of the Confederate Flag. The senators had previously voted to renew the Patent but their decision got lost in some procedural shuffling. By the time the Senate took up the question again a big change had occurred. That change was that Carol Moseley Braun d-i11., had been elected to the Senate. The Milwaukee journal will Congress approve legislation guaranteeing a right to abortion it should. But the Bill known As the Freedom of Choice act is under attack by both opponents and unfortunately some supporters of abortion rights. If the latter refuse to get on Board the act surely will fail and a precious Opportunity will have been squandered. Examiner san Francisco in an age when lies Are re labelled As strategic misrepresentations and Camp Counselor Jire therapeutic recreation specialists a new name was inevitable for University of California at Berkeley s department of physical education. As of july 1, the physical education department became the department of human Biodynamics. Yow. The Virg Lnolan Pilot the Ledger Star Norfolk any list of major problems facing America in the next Century would include the aging of its population. Europe is already experiencing some of the problems that America will face in the next Century. The new York times reports that Europe s population is older than that of any other continent and concern about its aging population has led the european Community to Label 1993 As the year of older people. Across the continent studies and seminars examine the plight of the aging and the attendant plight of governments that try to meet their  obvious Way to lower government costs is to raise the age at which government funded programs such As social Security begin. The times reports that Italy France  arc considering changing their retirement Ages. Germany and the United states have already done so. This makes sense. As americans live longer and healthier lives they arc taking More Money from the social Security system than they Ever put in even if interest on the Money is added. Eventually if the system is to work. Social Security taxes will again be raised benefits will be Cut or the retirement age will be  most logical of the three is to make these healthier older americans work slightly longer so that benefits will be available for them when they really can t work. Los Angeles times publications in free societies almost always try As a matter of policy to publish the widest possible Range of material and to allow their advertisers within limits the widest possible berth. As an official of the distinguished japanese financial newspaper Nihon Meizai recently put it we Don t make any judgments on ideology opinion thought and beliefs in  sadly that statement came in response to criticisms of an ugly display advertisement in his newspaper that touched a nerve worldwide. The and for a three volume series of books alleging a jewish plot to destroy Japan went beyond acceptable limits. Civilization will never Advance until we Stop perpetuating racial ethnic religious or gender stereotyping and scapegoating. The Washington Post when a country s Economy grows slowly Over a period of years As the american Economy has done people Are tempted to press for Laws to defend their own Security. Unfortunately most of the traditional ideas like Laws to discourage imports or to slow Down Industrial restructuring will make the Economy grow still More slowly. Speaking in Chicago at a conference on the future workplace president Clinton once again made himself the evangelist for another and better response. He is going to have to give a great Many of these speeches Over the months and years ahead for he was telling his audience that Progress won t come rapidly or easily. It s a kind of politics that s going to require a lot of stamina most of All from him but also from the voters