European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 31, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday october 31, 1993 i. 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 by the associated press and United press International. Examiner san Francisco the romans coined a term for a favorite Argun Sentive tactic reduction and Abs drum which lampoons a proposition by extending its potential consequences to the Point of ridicule. Accordingly i attorney general Janet Reno s current threats Are to be taken seriously the assassination scene will vanish from televised versions of Shakespeare s Juius  the regulation of violence is constitutionally permissible Reno told senators. She urged the to Industry to rid the tube of the pervasive violence that some blame for the nation s High rate of homicides even As others have noted that nations like great Britain and Japan have equally violent to and Low rates of homicide. She urged the Industry to avoid government intervention by regulating itself but the message was As Subtle As a sound bite in a Vampire movie about motorcycle kick boxers at a skin club either quench the fake blood or lose your broadcast License. The Boston Globe mass murder is rare among individuals common among governments. That is one of the terrible truths taught by the 20th Century. It is also the Point of amnesty International s Campaign against political killings and  getting away with murder an amnesty Booklet leaves no doubt about the enormity of the crimes governments commit against the citizens they exist to protect. Men and women of Good will should support amnesty s Call for a in High commissioner for human rights and an Independent International court to judge the crimes of governments against their people. ? los Angeles times the Good news is that Congress has decided to hire 600 More Border patrol agents to keep watch on this country s notoriously porous frontiers. The bad news is that those new agents will be working in an outmoded Border control system that is not going to be changed any time soon despite All the talk about reinventing government.". Modernizing . Border management must remain a priority for the administration or Congress will simply be vainly throwing Money at the Border problems. The Washington Post one Way or the other for better or much worse american policy on foreign Trade is Likely to be changed dramatically before the end of this year. Three major negotiations and agreements Are moving toward deadlines in the next couple of months since they involve somewhat different constituencies they Are commonly discussed one at a time. But the connections Are  question is whether the Industrial democracies becoming Rich have now begun to grow careless and Drift away from the discipline that Brou Huhem their unprecedented wealth. Seattle Post intelligencer the vote in the . House of representatives to kill financing for the Multi billion Dollar superconducting supercollider is a credit to the freshman class sent to Congress last year to remedy the Federal government s fiscal ill health. By a vote of 264 to 159, the House rejected proposal part of a larger Bill to continue financing the immense Aiom smashing project in Texas. While there is Merit to the project As a Means of advancing science there is a More important an immediate need to Cut Federal spending the Federal deficit and the Federal debt commentary the stars and stripes Page 13 Viola no the daily Gazette Schenectady . The decision to scrap the superconducting super Collider is excellent news perhaps even a sign tha Congress is serious about getting Federal spending under control. There really is a lot of fat in the Federal budget and the country really would be a lot better off if it were Cut. St. Louis Post dispatch High voltage Power lines have been blamed for All sorts of weird effects but the strangest of All May have come in Albany ., recently. The court of appeals the state s highest court ruled unanimously the owner of property near Power lines can win damages if the value of the land drops because of a fear of cancer even if no one can prov that such fear has a scientific basis. That kind of ruling extended to other circumstances could wind up causing All sorts of mischief. In this Era of scary of the week science anything less than a strict Standard of solid proof should be enough to really scare everybody. Pittsburgh Post Gazette we All know that music soothes the Savage beast but who d have thunk it makes him smarter too according to a recent study published in the Jour rial nature College students who listened to 10 minutes of a Mozart piano sonata scored better on a test of reasoning than they did after 10 minutes of silence or a relaxation  the effect soon wore off but the implication is Clear music affects us in ways we hardly know. Philadelphia Dally news worried Bunky you say it s harder to buy a piece because you violent criminal record pops up just As you re fondling a really neat new weapon. Get rid of All those nagging inconveniences. For a Mere 30 Bucks you can be a genuine federally approved gun dealer. The License is Good for three years. Congress must grow the will to limit the number of licenses across the country.  it with liquor licenses for reasons almost As Good. Sun Sentinel fort Lauderdale Fla. The naval quarantine of Haiti now being enforced by warships from the United states Canada and France is an appropriate and measured response to the port a Prince Junta s refusal to keep its part of the bargain o restore democracy. The credibility of the . To protect democracy in its own Back Yard will be severely undermined and an unprecedented new exodus of desperate refugees in Small boats will be virtually assured unless president Clinton is free to continue ratcheting up the pressure. The Miami Herald. It s hard to impute anything except partisanship to sen. Bob Dole s ploy to limit president Clinton s authority to take direct military action in the tragedy that is building anew in Haiti. Senator Dole is considered Likely to seek the Republican presidential nomination in 1996. But senator Dole s proposal to usurp presidential prerogatives in foreign policy is More than Mere piling on. It s fool Hardy at Best perilous at worst. The rapid City . Journal this Justice was an injustice they said. Some White residents of los Angeles angrily expressed that belief. After two Black men Damian Williams and Henry Watson were acquitted of attempted murder in an attack on a White Man Reginald Denny during the 1992 los Angeles riots. That the american Justice system is imperfect should come As no Surprise to anyone. Any system that relics on humans beings to pass judgment on other human beings cannot be perfect. To demand otherwise Only makes an imperfect system even More imperfect. St. Paul Minn Pioneer press an organization does t survive for 81 years without adjusting to changing needs. And so it is with the girl scouts. This is evident in the willingness of the organization to consider altering the reference to god in the girl scout Promise to permit the option of pledging to serve Allah the creator or nothing at All. That s a Wise move for an organization committed to achieving More diversity in its members and leaders. Tampa Fla Tribune cheating in the classroom is hardly a new phenomenon but the findings of a new Survey suggest it May be More pervasive than previously thought. Of the 1,975 High school students questioned during the 1992-93 Terra 78 admitted to cheating and 80 percent said cheating is widespread in their schools. What do these responses Tell us that today s High school students Are under too much pressure to succeed academically that earning a Grade has become More important tha earning the material that the classroom is a place to survive not a place where one can revel in the pleasure of acquiring knowledge Well leave the answers to the experts while we worry about the implications