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...Shays-Meehan bill has picked up steam in the House of Representatives as investigators have uncovered ever more massive political contributions from Enron. Two hundred and eighteen members of the House bucked the Republican leadership and signed a petition to force a vote on the measure, which would ban millions of dollars in soft money that currently flows to national political parties...
Therefore, if Ashcroft wants to end physician-assisted suicide, he should work with Congress to get a specific federal law to ban physician-assisted suicide. By trying to ignore the voters of Oregon, Ashcroft defrauds our democracy of the open debate it needs...
Contrary to popular opinion, the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy did not result from the scheming of discriminatory military brass, and certainly did not intend to stymie Harvard cadets from seeking an education. Yet, ROTC is counter-intuitively banned from campus and directly associated with the policy’s creation and implementation. Does the ban make any sense? Civilian government, the very people we vote for, shoulders the responsibility for the policy, but groups and events associated with our government here on campus don’t seem...
...needs to maintain its credibility on the international stage and handle international criticisms appropriately. The proper classification of the detainees as prisoners of war will ensure that the prisoners are treated justly, and the ban on photograph releases will maintain the dignity of the prisoners. If these measures are not taken, America’s foreign support is sure to grow weak. The U.S. must act as a benevolent captor, not a retributive or malicious one, if it wishes to maintain the moral high ground...
Granted, Americans are concerned about security these days, but will arming everybody with stun guns really make us safer? The weapons have been linked to more than a dozen deaths and outlawed in seven states. Amnesty International has labeled them "tools of torture" and called for a worldwide ban. In one notoriously brutal incident, New York City cops zapped a teenager several dozen times. The teen filed suit and won a $600,000 settlement...