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...than many realize, from the balanced-budget amendment (he doesn't like tinkering with the Constitution because Congress can't find the will to spend responsibly) to abortion (he thinks there's no excuse for unwanted pregnancy, would prefer that women carry all fetuses to term but would not ban abortions). Those who want him to be President think the press overrates the importance to voters of detailed positions anyway. They think Americans will simply trust Powell to make reasonable choices, based on his long record of competence and moderation and his obvious self-confidence...
Many pro-lifers hold not simply a position but rather a belief that life begins at conception and that abortion is murder. Many people disagree, but it is nonnegotiable for those who concur. Perhaps the candidates can wink at pro-lifers and say, "Trust me, I'll ban abortion once I win," and wink the other eye at pro-choicers and say, "Don't worry, I just need their votes." This means, of course, that at times both eyes are closed...
Does that mean, then, that the state may never legislate on questions of morality? If it must not ban abortion, is it also foreclosed from banning murder, arson, rape, theft? Certainly not, but it should act only under two conditions. The legislation must express an overwhelming moral consensus of the community-not 55% or even 75% but something like 95%. And the conduct in question must pose a serious threat to public order...
Maryland will institute one of the country's strictest anti-smoking laws, barring smokers from lighting up inside of bars, restaurants, hotels and office buildings. An injunction against the ban was lifted last week by the state's supreme court, allowing Governor Parris Glendening to issue the order that prohibits smoking in all indoor workplaces, except in designated rooms with direct ventilation to the outdoors, beginning March 27. "Maryland has the fourth-highest cancer death rate," said Governor Glendening. "Secondhand smoke will kill 1,000 Marylanders this year." California, Vermont and Utah are the only other states with equally comprehensive...
...government is trying to suppress development of such unbreakable encryption on two fronts. It is promoting public use of its own approach to the technology, called ``key-escrow encryption,'' which would allow the government to hold keys to any and all encrypted communications. Washington is also vigorously enforcing a ban on the export of encryption software, regardless of whether such software can thwart government operations from outside U.S. borders...