European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday june 26, 1994 commentary the stars and stripes Page 15 soccer Tootill Faye 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 United press International and Scripps Howard news service Star Tribune newspaper of the twin cities t Minneapolis St. Paul it was an astonishing image a lonely White Ford Bronco cruising along a nearly empty los Angeles freeway a followed at a polite distance by a Fleet of police cars. The Cross country sigh of Relief when . Simpson was at last Safe in police custody was almost audible. Yet even after the drama ended americans remained gripped by a mystery How can such a charming fellow get himself into such a fix How does it happen that an idol of Field and screen crumbles into apparent criminality could a Guy with that kind of smile really Stab his sex wife and her Friend to death Why should it not be As True of the famous As the obscure cruelty jealousy and depression Are demons from which no human being is immune. Examiner san Francisco they chanted �?oo.j., ., .�?� outside his slain sex wife a West los Angeles condominium As if that cheer could somehow restore orenthal James Simpson to  millions of admirers he was much More than another extraordinarily handsome fabulously wealthy and charmingly modest embodiment of the american dream and the Good life. He was the Black kid from the projects of san Francisco who became the most exciting football player of his time he Ismart trophy Winner at University of Southern California and a Hall of Famer soon after his pro years with the Buffalo Bills and san Francisco 49ers. Simpsons Royal status May have. Shielded him from vigorous prosecution in 1989 for Domestic violence a crime that a often Pooh poohed a until its too  City Kan Pally Globe the Public s grotesque display for a suicidal . Simpson a facing two counts of murder a and his subsequent evasive action bring an american problem into Sharp focus. Americans place too much emphasis on sports figures. Professional athletes today Are paid ungodly amounts of Money and Are placed on pedestals As american heroes simply because they have a Good Arm they run fast or they jump High. Since when have these qualifications made a person an american hero these Are sports heroes and nothing More. People who make the mistake of creating american heroes out of sports heroes Are destined to watch their heroes fall from that  journal. Who knows what brought . Simpson to this sad Fate what is Clear is that the former football Star charged with killing his sex wife and her Friend was not the Man he seemed he a a wife beater and a suspected killer. What a also Clear is that the Justice system perhaps dazzled by Simpsons celebrity has for years treated him with kid gloves. A please think of the real . And not this lost person a Simpson pleaded in what was described As a suicide  written before his flight. Who was a the real .�?�? a sports legend yes a but also apparently a  . News its doubtful that voters who listened to Bill Clinton Promise during the 1992 Campaign to end welfare As we now it understood it to mean he would propose $9 billion in new spending to move about one in seven welfare recipients into Job training programs or into government created jobs if private jobs done to materialize. Yet that a the Gist of the welfare overhaul the president formally announced. In effect it Calls for an expansion of governments role in the lives of welfare dependents. By introducing welfare Reform legislation that has Little Chance of being approved in a year when Congress is consumed with his health care proposal Clinton appears to be underlining the importance of welfare As a political not a policy  . News it record whether the Clinton welfare plan works depends on what it was conceived to do preside n t Clinton a y a re St ick for Success is a men d ing welfare As we know it. That a vague enough to be politically useful. But it is hardly the systemic remedy that the nation needs for fundamental  was Gazette if the Federal government sits Back and lets the social Security program chug along on its Curren t course Little or nothing will be left when those now in their 20s, 30s and Early 40s retire a variety of ideas. Is floating around Washington. Congress should keep these fundamentals in mind As it works to Shore up social Security benefits should not be Cut for those who truly need them to survive. Those who done to need the benefits should get smaller  chronicle while the Clinton administration wants to increase the minimum wage and mandate new health care costs for employers the worlds industrialized nations Are being urged to do just the opposite in order to create millions of news jobs. The president s proposed Universal health care plan would Burden employers with mandated health costs that Many simply would not be Able to pay. Many nations in Western Europe arc suffering from unemployment rates of 12 percent to 20 percent and much of this is due to their welfare state programs and mandates on business Cincinnati enquirer its almost show time. For the past two years democrats who control the House of representatives have used every excuse to keep the Public in the dark on the House Post office scandal. T heir excuses have run out. It is the responsibility of House members to police themselves and answer to the Public they serve. And its Lime for voters who believe that to remind them press Republican Plattsburgh . What can we say about an organization that delivers 580 million pieces of mail each Day and has 690,000 employees some of whom Are marvels of Courtesy and commitment and some of whom act As though they re doing us a favor when they sell us a stamp we can say this the postal service is having a bad year. It makes no sense to have a delivery system that can be Good bad or indifferent depending on where you happen to live and whether your neighbourhood mailman is motivated or simply putting in  Huntington . No one enlists in the armed forces to get Rich. But members of the military do expect to enjoy a Quality of life equal to that of the civilians they Volunteer to defend. If we want to continue to enjoy the luxury of a Volunteer army and ask Young men and women to Lay their lives on the line for us we can to continue to offer them poverty  dealer Cleveland finding a peaceful a and credible a Resolution to the potential nuclear threat from North Korea could pose president Clinton the sternest Challenge he is Likely to face before the next election. Avoiding War is of course a desirable goal. But Clinton must be careful that his administration does not give other aspiring possessors of nuclear weaponry the idea it fears conflict More than it hates the spread of such armaments. Blade Toledo Ohio one of the ways in which some Duhs choose to respond to this Complex and Ever changing world is to in effect deny that anything has changed. That May make them feel better but when those adults Are responsible for educating children they Are performing a . Petersburg Fla times it s disingenuous for democrats and republicans to whine too much when partisan politics complicates the legislative process. Both play this game. But As the health care debate enters a crucial phase on Capitol Hill it is Lime for the republicans to either put up their Best alternative or get out of the Way