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...should never be held captive, even under the most humane conditions. Overt mistreatment, they say, is only the most blatant form of abuse; another is keeping animals in cramped spaces. Says Richard O'Barry, who trained five Flippers for the 1960s TV show and then became a marine-mammal activist: "Whales and dolphins live in a world of sound. In a tank, their sounds only bounce back at them. It's like living in a hall of mirrors. It has to drive them crazy." In fact, dolphins have been known to kill themselves by , banging into concrete walls; they also...
Another brilliant piece takes the form of a wide-eyed homage to a gorgeous campus activist. "She burns incense and listens to the Doors and everyone at Smith respects her strong opinions and clear insights into these times." At an anti-apartheid rally, the activist berates the crowd, "We've got to tear this world apart, we've got to recall a more causative day and spark the fire of revolution once again. I am so fucking mad'...and in her fury she jumped two stories and tore her jeans in all the right places. All the girls screamed...
This bill claims to ensure "workplace fairness" and bolster fundamental values, and it is named after a famous social activist, so it must be great for the country, right? Wrong! Despite the name, the Cesar Chavez Workplace Fairness Act is still a terrible piece of legislation which could have disastrous repurcussions on the economy...
...Administration, trying to tiptoe carefully between the military-service chiefs and its gay-activist constituents, believes it has succeeded in keeping part of a campaign promise while improving the lot of gays already in uniform. The White House also seems to be taking heart from the fact that the so-called compromise means spinach for everyone. But the costs are heavy. Aspin and his aides lie bloodied on the floor of the Pentagon briefing room. Nunn's threat to legislate even harsher restrictions on gays remains real...
...beginning to get the picture. Their organization, Empower America, picks up where Kemp's verging-on-visionary HUD left off, devising free enterprise solutions to social dilemmas. Ventures like, that will do far more for the Republican Party than RNC chair Haley Barbour's Perot-modeled National Policy Forums. Activist conservatism is the future of the party...