European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Commentary the stars and stripes Page 15arkansas Democrat Gazette Little Rock sunday May 22, 1994a re Sayi n g 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 United press International and Scripps Howard news service. Quot new York times for his second supreme court appointment president Clinton has again chosen a Able lower court judge. A v chief judge Stephen Breyer of the . Court of appeals based in Boston is like Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg respected for integrity Good judgment and concern for Justice. Indeed Breyer was a finalist in last years selection process. Breyer is popular among his colleagues and a recognized intellectual Leader. He has the potential to  worthy replacement for the retiring Justice Harry  Angeles times president Clinton has played it Safe with his supreme court nomination of Federal appeals judge Stephen Breyer a a person who like most of the current justices earned the credentials of an astute Veteran Jurist before being selected. Clinton May get a Chance to appoint still another supreme. Court Justice after Breyer. Judge Breyer if confirmed May turn out to be an excellent Justice. But excellence comes in Many forms. Surely there is. Room a on the court for broader diversity in Legal experience race gender geography academic Ana economic a background a without sacrificing  a a a a. A. Sure. A a a a v a a a a a a Baltimore president Clinton says that since he once taught constitutional Law he is Well prepared to select a supreme court Justice. But he has now twice turned the process into something like a miss America pageant. We would have preferred to see Clinton not nominate another Federal appeals judge. But if he had to he at least chose a very Good one. Stephen Breyer is chief judge of the . Court of appeals for the first circuit in Boston. He is relatively Liberal a prot did of sen. Edward Kennedy. Clinton having named the moderate Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the court last year owes something to the largest element in his political constituency Washington Post in the strange conversation Between the Federal Reserve Board and the financial markets an accommodation now seems to have been reached. The Federal Reserve spoke tuesday tightening credit again but saying in effect that there would be no further increases in interest rates for the present. Over the past 15 years the country has paid a High Price in jobs and income lost to get inflation Down. The Federal Reserve wants everyone to understand that it is going to defend that  dealer Cleveland Haiti a military strongmen Arentt going to Spring from their Beds tomorrow morning with a song in their hearts and the realization in their Heads that they must relinquish All Power for the Good of their Homeland. It should be Clear by now that the thugs who have terrorized Haiti will not leave unless they Are forced to do Soi forced they must be then to end the suffering they have visited upon the haitian citizenry Boston Globe Phil Donahue wanted to give America its first videotaped execution on daytime to next month and sued the state of North Carolina for the privilege. He wasted the courts time and took the obsessions of his Trade to a new Low no one should consider using a taped execution for any cause ethical or commercial. Death is not a  . Journal. South africans new leaders May Well find. That nothing so unites a country of such diverse people As something to unite against such As the bloodshed in Rwanda and Burundi. Perhaps South Africa can become the peacemaker of a violent  Toledo the Legal wrangling in Michigan Over Assis cd suicide in general and Jack Kevorkian in particular has entered the Twilight zone. A full and open debate must be held on the Issue of assisted suicide. That debate would in part determine whether or not assisting in a suicide is murder. Surely a that is a decision hot for one court with one set or jurors and one judge to decide but for the entire state in free discussion. This Issue will grow Ever More pressing As the country a population Ages. A examiner a. A san Francisco Detroit a big three automakers should worry less about californians clean air regulations and More about foreign Competition in the emerging electric car Industry. California is right to stick with its Tough clean air rules. Detroit would be Wise to Stop idling in the breakdown Lane and pull into the race to develop the Best electric cars. As president Clinton keeps saying this is the Era of global  Post dispatch at last after a four year struggle the Senate has passed legislation to update the fair credit reporting act of 1970, which was designed to Cope with abuses by credit companies before the age of computers. The abuses Are worse today requiring a tougher  Herald As Lewis Carrolls Alice might say it grows curio user and curio user this be late of 50 fray. Perhaps a made for to movie will explain it. No it could t serious Public policy questions can to be answered in melodrama. Farmers across America and the Caribbean Are suing Dupont and blaming crop losses and be fouled land on use of the company a be late of 50 fungicide. Dupont insists that be late is Safe. Still it withdrew be late of 50 and has paid More than $700 million in claims. The item is from new York City of course. It turns out that for the past 14 years a Man in his Early 40s with a Little Gray in his Beard has been running an apology service that s right folks feeling guilty about something whether its not crying at the news of a friends death or stealing a Gold Chain can Call or. Apology and confess and probably Feci better. To quote or. Apology on the popularity of his service Quot i feel like we re still half animals and then we re half god in the sense of we know of an often have some very very High qualities and we re sort of stuck in Between and we have to kind of reconcile the two All of the  science Monitor Quot a. V a. A Boston a a a. A two plus two equals at least four cheers for the new York City school system which has rigorously increased its requirements in math and the sciences. New York City is making a Radical departure indeed. Old fashioned hard work devoted to old fashioned Basic subjects a what will they think of next Wall Street journal new York it is always tempting to compare Washington to an amusement Park. It often seems a world of make believe populated by characters As goofy As any at Disneyland. But apparently Walt Disney co. Isnit satisfied. It wants to build a real theme Park a the kind that a financed by ticket sales not taxes a in nearby Haymarket a. Disney estimates the Park built around a . History theme will attract 6.3 million visitors a year. And provide a big boost to Northern Virginia a Economy. Environmentalists. And some prominent historians have joined the posse. To do Battle with Disney even though the mouse Kutcers wont directly invade any civil War Battle site. But in its essentials the cat fight Over the mouse is no different from development Battles raging across America. People who Are already in a place inevitably want. To keep new people out. Developers want As Many taxpayer subsidies As possible $176.5 million for Disney. In both cases the government would be better off butting out