European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday february 13, 1994 commentary the stars and stripes Page 15 to amp St. Petersburg fat time 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 United press International and Scripps Howard news service. Daily Jefferson county Union fort Atkinson wis. Last months attack on figure skater Nancy Kerrigan by former associates of rival Tonya Harding is the stuff miniseries Are made of.-. Knowing what we know right now our head tells us let Tonya Harding represent the United states on the ice rink in Lillehammer. A a a. However depending on the next episode of this soap opera our gut Quot tells us our head might change its Washington Post we confess to some Surprise Over the reaction to Tonya Harding and the question of whether she should be allowed to represent the United states in the olympics. There is also an element of Down Market Chic in some of the defences of Harding expressions of sympathy that Are really nothing More than condescension. And what about Nancy Kerrigan if there is a real live victim in All this it is she Kerrigan is entitled to Justice. Harding a silence could have prevented Justice from being done and the attackers from being caught. That is what Harding did wrong and Why she should not go to the Sun Baltimore if the United states bombs bosnian serbian forces outside Sarajevo what then if the serbs retaliate against the peacekeeping troops of France Britain Canada Ana Spain do we then extend the air War throughout the country wherever . Contingents Are located. And after that what of demands that the . Peacekeeping Force be strengthened massively would gis be included Are we prepared for a Long haul engagement is it really in . Interests to split with Boris n. Yeltsin a Russia on this Issue?.tribune-review Greensburg a. A. A a a. Last week the House of representatives transformed a seismic disaster into an excuse for More profligacy. Members authorized $8.6 billion in earthquake Relief for California but rejected an equivalent reduction in Federal spending. We find nothing Noble Ini credit card Charity and nothing credible about congressmen who talk fiscal responsibility yet handle your Money Sun times nation of islam Leader Louis Farrakhan has dismissed his National spokesman Khalid Abdul Muhammad without repudiating the Content of the aides racist anti semitic and anti Catholic diatribe. A a a. A a ,. For the past year Farrakhan has claimed to be a changed Man. With every utterance this assertion reveals itself to be Francisco chronicle by repudiating the a a tone but not the absurd charges in an aides speech Louis Farrakhan remains a bigot who continues to peddle hatred and divisiveness. He has perpetuated a breach not Only Between himself and other Black leaders but with people of Good will of All ethnic Blade Toledo Ohio the Days of the space race Are Over. It May seem As though the memory were playing tricks but it Wasny tall that Many years ago when the Competition to explore the planets and stars was fierce a manifestation of an earthly conflict of ideologies. Those Days Are gone. So is the soviet Union. The United states has now taken on the responsibility for manned space travel and that is an appropriate role most families with Young children know the value of fast food restaurants. Not the nutritional value mind you but the kind of Worth you find in a reliable Friend. The question of healthful food aside though the biggest problem with most fast food establishments is that they done to restrict their customers smoking. Arbyl a deserves credit for its anti smoking initiative. The tobacco Institute Pooh Poohs Arbyl a move saying the ban will Only give a competitive Edge to other fast food companies. We shall . Louis Post dispatch even before deval Patrick was formally introduced As president Bill Clinton a pick for the Long vacant Post of assistant attorney general for civil rights the attacks against him began. But the critics who Are trying to paint him As a a quota clone of Lani Guinier the presidents first Choice for the position should be swiftly and strongly rejected. Patrick a life and career demonstrate what enforcement of civil rights should be All Journa Akron Ohio when the business round table took sides on health care Reform its chairman John d. Ong of . Goodrich was careful to describe the preferred plan As a a starting Point for legislation. That a a judicious stance. It moves an alternative to the Clinton plan into the Public spotlight. The plan is sponsored by rep. Jim Cooper a Tennessee Democrat and rep. Fred Grandy a Republican from Iowa. The bipartisan sponsorship has been no Small advantage. It s helped Cooper and Grandy claim the Middle advocate Baton Rouge la. Sen. Paul Simon d-ill., has renewed his drive for a balanced budget amendment. Along with 48 cosponsors he has introduced legislation which would Amend the Constitution to require a balanced budget even in wartime within seven years. A balanced budget amendment is the fiscal equivalent of term limits a neither is needed. Just As the voters already have the Power to turn any elected official out of office Congress can balance the budget simply by refusing to spend More than it has. All that is necessary in either Case is the will to do Clarion Ledger Jackson miss. The National governors association says it wont take it anymore. A a it is the practice of the Federal government requiring states to adopt programs but not paying for them out of Federal dollars. In government bureaucrat Lingo that a called a an unfunded in common american that a called a higher local taxes.�?�. As Federal lawmakers increasingly run up against the lower the deficit Wall they will be tempted to pass unfunded mandates. That show Congress gets its cake and eats it too let the locals decide How to pay for journal bulletin a study should be undertaken to ascertain whether As we suspect there Are Little or no grounds for the present discrimination against homosexuals seeking Security clearances in certain Federal agencies. It would take Clear proof of National Security damages to convince us that citizens should be deprived of government employment because of their sexual preference. Their experience character and behaviour in their Public roles arc what should neb world Herald so the television networks and the Cable television Industry have accepted a violence rating for programming. So they will submit to loosely defined a outside monitoring. So Cable officials Are pushing the a Chip a Parent controlled blocking mechanism so what the rating of programs according to the level of violence is a joke. Indeed in the widely abused movie ratings system a a re movies attract underage kids rather than protect them. Seattle Post intelligencer president. Clinton has introduced Long overdue legislation to streamline the superfund toxic waste \ cleanup program its Clear that the superfund program needs a cleanup of its own. But the administration and Congress must take care that they done to sacrifice Public health and safety in their quest to expedite cleanup and promote economic development in blighted Monroe Mich evening news shortly after Janet Reno was appointed attorney general she seemed to be the Star of president Bill Clinton a Cabinet. After boldly ending a siege near Waco Texas and publicly facing Down an insulting congressman she was virtually declared a hero. Now however its time for a sober second look. Granted. Reno was not. Clinton a first Choice to head the Justice department but clearly there Are grounds for asking if she is up to the Christian science Monitor Boston a University of Michigan study of nearly 50,000 students has reported that after a decade of decline the number of marijuana users jumped sharply a kids will by kids attitude seems less harmless in Light of research by or. Hebert Kleber medical director of the Center on addiction and substance abuse at Columbia University who found that for marijuana users who smoke As few As two joints a week for a year the a likelihood of using cocaine goes up 70 percent
