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...could join ROTC - okay, it would probably be the National Guard - and then be shipped off to fight a UN-sponsored war. When she?s finished fighting for the day, can she have a beer? Sure, if she?s overseas. But not on U.S. soil. It?s an old argument, but it still resonates, once you get over the deep unlikelihood of the idea of Jenna Bush joining the military...
...that case, a federal judge in Lubbock bought the argument and dismissed the gun charges against defendant Timothy Joe Emerson, a doctor. The government is awaiting a decision of its appeal. If this decision too goes against the government - which seems unlikely, given the bulk of precedent favoring the feds' position - the question is now whether the Ashcroft Justice Department would try to take the case to the Supreme Court or simply let it drop. Also at issue is whether Ashcroft's letter, which was read aloud by an NRA official at the group's convention in Kansas City, will...
...interesting question: What is the fundamental aspect of golf that makes it a sport? And can Casey Martin truly consider himself a "golfer" if he rides from fairway to fairway rather than trekking alongside his competition? If we answer "no," we need to be willing to carry our argument to its ultimate conclusion: If Martin is not physically capable of walking the course, and we agree he should not be permitted to compete with the aid of a cart, then we are cutting Martin out of golf, despite his talent for every other aspect of the game (swinging at, hitting...
...white male writers inclined to write about what they know--themselves--and Hispanics are scarcely present in TV's executive suites. "Why can't they change the role of George to Jorge?" asks Ruben Blades, who played psychiatrist Max Cabranes on ABC's just canceled Gideon's Crossing. "One argument is, We can't use Latinos because they don't have the drawing power on a national scale. But how can you acquire power if you don't get that second or third important role...
Viewed in the larger context of pop culture, the no-crossover argument seems downright archaic. We've gone from the Freddie Prinze era to the Freddie Prinze Jr. era. This year's movie action comedy Spy Kids took the No. 1 spot at the box office with a story about a family of spies who just happened to be Hispanic, but you would have had a hard time pitching the idea as a TV series. Young whites had no problem embracing Popstars, the WB reality show about a girl group, three of whose five members were Hispanic...