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...This is not a democratic exercise we are talking about," said Opposition Assemblyman Luis Villafuerte last week. "This is really war." Whatever twists and turns may follow in the Philippine political drama, all parties concerned are aware that the stakes in the battle are growing higher by the hour. --By George Russell. Reported by Sandra Burton and Nelly Sindayen/Manila
...those on the right, true freedom requires more diversity--which, to them, means more conservatives in faculty ranks. "If the system were fair," says Larry Mumper, sponsor of the Ohio bill, "Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity would be tenured professors somewhere." Says Wisconsin assemblyman Steve Nass, a UW-Whitewater alumnus and chief sponsor of the Churchill resolution: "[Legislators] deal with the tax dollars that are put into the UW system. We have a responsibility to see that they are used appropriately." He may soon propose a Horowitz-inspired bill in Wisconsin...
Surely, the commentators have argued, such a radical move would require gutting essential services, closing schools and firehouses, abolishing environmental protection—as one assemblyman told me, “returning California to the Wild West.” Well, only if one believes the Gold Rush occurred...
MEANWHILE IN THE U.S. ... A Bottled Debate The makers of Heinz tomato ketchup defended the impartiality of their product in response to a suggestion by a Republican Assemblyman in New York State that buying the stuff would benefit the campaign of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. Kerry's wife Teresa Heinz Kerry was first married to the late John Heinz, a descendant of the H.J. Heinz Co.'s founder. The Pennsylvania-based company said that its ketchup is "enjoyed by Republicans, Democrats and Independents alike" - and that neither Kerry nor his wife hold a significant number of shares...
...ambivalent about myself," said McGreevey, who turned 47 this month. He compensated by being a good Catholic kid, a member of a pious high school group called the God Squad, according to the New York Times. He toiled fiercely--to transfer from Catholic University to Columbia; to become an assemblyman, mayor and state senator; and finally--after two grinding campaigns--to take the oath as Governor. "Plan your work; work your plan," his father--a former Marine drill sergeant--had taught...