European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 08, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday january 8,1995 the stars and stripes Page 23 what newspapers Are saying at Home the following editorial excerpts Are selected from a Cross Section of newspapers throughout the unite states. The editorials Are provided by the associated press Scripps Howard news service and other state Side syndicates. Washington Post that was a magnanimous and who knows perhaps even useful speech Newt Gingrich gave before taking the oath As speaker wednesday. The speaker has a More interesting sense of where the country ought to go and How it ought to function than his critics allow. It was a Good speech Wall Street journal the eyes of the nation were on the new go Congress As it opened for business. However. Bearin mind that for All the focus of Washington redistributing Power and authority away from Washington is the goal of Many of this new generation of republicans. The nation s governors however Aren t waiting v i i. ,/.v-v---vr led by Republican Mike Leavitt of Utah and Democrat be ii Nelson of Nebraska the governors Are talking about convening a conference of the states which would debate specific ideas on How to Correct the imbalance of Power Between Washington and the states formally Petit Ion Congress to vote on its suggestions. We re Well aware of the Long stated dangers of opening up this subject but that caution has to be set against the extraordinary encroachments Congress made against the states Over the past 30 years. to Cincinnati enquirer j " or i it s hard to imagine Harry give pm hell Truman of Kph the cuban missile crisis or George desert. Storm Bush waiting 10 Days to Send a Diplomat to North Korea after a army helicopter was downed there. But president Clinton s approach to a nuclear crisis has worked. Without a military show of Force Orang shots fired the United states has recovered the Pilot who was held hostage by North Korea for 13 Days. Two a 0.v.--- Why is North Korea acting s,6 strange was the Chi Gerscht behaviour caused by a vacuum of leadership in that unstable outlaw nation or is North Korea hair trigger jumpy because it has something to hide and Why did it take so Long for the Clinton v administration to react l v a a cd new York times " republicans Are taking dead aim at the Clinton administration s defense budget. One target sure to draw their fire is military readiness the _ republicans believe that the Pentagon has provide too Little Money to get the troops in combat trim just How ready Are the armed forces and How Muchmore needs to be done As it happens the answers Are not As simple or As Bleak is Jhc republicans would have -.". In any Case readiness requires painstaking attend in. Not political and budgetary grandstanding by members of Congress or by military commanders. Commentary Iris us. -. " Baltimore. " -. . In their Zeal to trim the Federal bureaucracy and reduce heavy handed regulation Republican leaders in Congress need to tread carefully. To just because an Agency like the . A Ood and drug administration docs a approve new products As Swity As corporate marketing departments would like is no reason to cripple an Agency that performs a vital. Function often As vital As the difference Between life-6r death. Baltimore Sun Washington correspondent Michael a. Fletcher reports that speaker of the House. Newt Gingrich a thinks the pad should be torn Down because it is the leading Job killer in. -. appears to be showing More concern fur inc. Entrepreneurs who can t make a Buck than Tor the nation s health. San Antonio express news ten years ago Ronald Reagan was president the speaker of the House was tip o Neill and Newt Gingrich was a backbench minority congressman no vowed to use guerrilla warfare to break the democrats hold on the House. V.,. Now Reagan has alzheimer s disease o Seiji is dead and Gingrich is the Man of the House. The first. Republican Speake Ince 1955. A decade ago who would have thought it possible. 2gingrich May find what worked for him As a guerrilla fighter will be seen As bullying when he is speaker. Providence . Journal bulletin Newt Gingrich May or May not be that rare thing in Washington a politics Iii who actually does what he _ says a will apr. A -. But there is some positive news already such As his Reform of the House committee system. Examiner \ l. A. 1 san Francisco r a Newt Gingrich has decided to make his Fortune the bid fashioned Way he s going to earn it. Good for him. Seldom do we see anyone voluntarily surrender a guaranteed $4.5 million for the vagaries of the marketplace. But Gingrich Champion of free markets the other Day renounced that unseemly Advance for two new books including one called to renew , he said he will take a $1 Advance from publisher Harper Collins plus royalties from sales a. Gingrich will now earn As much or As Little As his writing Talent deserves. That s capitalism Jor you Arnot it great a pvt v Charleston . Daily mail the victims of americans revolving door Justice system keep getting younger and younger. Despite Laws that Call for Long sentences for child molesters and murderers these monsters keep getting but to prey on the innocent again and again. Society cannot continue to let such men. Prey on " Tittle children. V /. " Vicksburg miss evening Post the postal rate increases which went into effect Jan. 1were decided in effect nov. 8. Wonder i twas a pure coincidence that Many headlines and to segments reporting the changes were avoided by making the decision on election it s time for the Federal government which shed absolute control decades ago to go ahead and Gei " completely out of the Mah business or at cast to change the official name the word service is just making people laugh. T. "7 Augusta a chronicle 1 the football world reports undefeated Nebraska ran " away with the National championship. But they did it inthe polls not on the Field. Sadly College football remains the Only major sport with a top team decided by consensus Noy a playoff system. The Only Good to come out of this unresolved season it should boost fans demands on the Powers that be to " devise a sensible closure to the bowl system. Post and courier Charleston . Radical Steps Are needed to Avert an co nor fisc eol Lapreia Mexico and president Ernesto Zedillo seems prepared to take them. To or someone who was thrust into the presidency when the ruling party s candidate was assassinated and who has been in office for barely a month Zedillo is not doing badly. He is being tested by fire and he is demonstrating that he can stand the heat. Christian science Monitor. 2 Boston for americans a 40 percent drop in the value of the mexican peso against the Dollar will mean better bargains in Tijuana or maybe a Cut rate on a visit to cancun.,.but dealing with the damage inflicted in the mexican Economy will test new president Ernesto Zedillo s leadership for some time to a pm los Angeles times addressing the . General Assembly four years ago president Bush described his vision of 4a new partnership of National that transcends the cold president Bush had nothing to say about problems of t population and resources when he spoke of a new world order. Yet these steadily accumulating challenges themselves heavy with political implications could in fairly Short order Dwarf All other concerns. _ _ is the world ready to acknowledge the magnitude of the pm Pulatian and resources problems and accept the adjustments and yes even the sacrifices that Are needed the Challenge in America s political leaders is not for today Only but for Many years to come. " Chicago Tribune implied Fin the Fervour to Cap welfare spending and get government off our backs is a notion that private charities can better meet the needs of the nation Spoor. Most would agree that a Well run private Chanty is better at assessing needs and delivering help than some faceless government is the privates Are scrambling just to maintain contribution Levels while demands for their services arc climbing off the charts. Could it be that Public disgust with welfare some of it justified is part of a deeper More pernicious cynicism about the poor or is it that this economic recovery fuelled in part by corporate Downsi ing has dome Little to relieve financial anxiety whatever the reason Don t look for private generosity to replace Public assistance anytime soon. The Money just in t there. Star Tribune newspaper of the twin cities Minneapolis St. Paul Washington talk of reduced farm subsidies makes a new report on sustainable agriculture particularly timely. Such farming should gain if subsidies go Down because present subsidies for big crops like Corn an wheat put sustainable agriculture however desirable at a disadvantage,.disadvantage is the Bottom line of Northwest area foundation s provocative report called a better Row to Hoe the economic environmental and social. Impact of sustainable agriculture.".,. The report urges that Federal farm policy up for. Review in 1995, tic farm commodity benefits to environmental performance Cap allowable subsidy acreage per farm and direct More resources to sustainable agriculture research. Thai s Good advice. Present policy is too one sided. and should make an expanded contribution to America s food Supply and to Rural stability
