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...Jewish fundamentalists, usually referred to by the more polite term 'Orthodox,'" writes Rita Lin, in an essay about prejudices against Islamic Fundamentalism. I'd like to introduce myself: I am an Orthodox Jew, living in Eliot House here at Harvard. I don't own a gun, I don't belong to a terrorist organization, I don't have any dreams for world domination, and I don't go around blowing up buses...
...speculate on, say, cattle futures (without the helpful insider advice that Hillary Clinton got) or engage in similar recklessness. The we-know-better crowd are also worried that any partial privatization of Social Security might give the average Jill the heretical idea that those fica deductions from her paycheck belong to her and that she should control how all that money gets invested. This would, they said, undermine support for Social Security's lesser-known role as a safety net for the working poor and disabled. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the New York Democrat, predicted that the safety-net part...
...When Kay Weekley stated that she knew her husband came to her trailer to kill her, she spoke as only a battered woman could speak--from experience. These women fear for their lives. My mother carried a small paring knife for protection against my father. Kay Weekley does not belong in jail. She should be with her children, who need all the love, compassion and understanding that their mother can offer, without the fear that their father caused. NAME WITHHELD ON REQUEST Santa Fe, New Mexico
...were well on our way to drafting a proposal calling for continued U.S. involvement in the post-Cold War world when someone brought up the United Nations. Suddenly, we went from discussing the practicalities of U.S. troop commitment to arguing over whether the United States should belong...
...that surprised legal experts across the country, a federal district court judge in Portland, Oregon, endorsed that view. Expert testimony linking implants to "any systemic illness or syndrome or autoimmune disorder of any kind," Judge Robert E. Jones declared, was so lacking in scientific credibility that it didn't belong in the courtroom...