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...prove that, however, local land-control advocates must wrest power away from the feds-and that can lead to bitter confrontations. In New Mexico's Otero County, 600 angry people packed a civic center recently to rail against Washington and plan a strategy for combatting the Endangered Species Act. Otero has now formed a public lands committee to fight for its rights, and has hired a Los Angeles-based legal group, the Individual Rights Foundation, to press its claims in court. In Idaho's Lemhi County, 2,500 citizens turned out at a local fairground on a sub-zero...
Members of the faculty and the administration should not shy away from confronting issues, rather they should serve as models of civic virtue for students. Rudenstine and others must remind us all that this Collage should be a great forum for ideas and discussion, not just of academic issues, but of pressing problems...
...said that the phrase "Jewish writer" is an oxymoron, since for her "Jewish" implies civic responsibility, while a fiction writer is a "wild, untamed beast...
Leave it to Tom Hanks, recent Oscar winner, to share with us the real state of affairs with regard to the American "Artist as Citizen." He contended that he didn't "think responsibility went beyond voting via secret ballot." In other words, be reckless on stage and civic-minded every two years for the thirty seconds it takes to check the box next to "Democrats." Way to go, Tom. You hit it right on the nose (we wish it were Geraldo's, again...
This memorial was so conceived that each day of the year, school children and civic leaders alike can come and speak of peace and understanding. We have joined to honor a fallen patriot who helped lift the burden of sanctioned bigotry from one group and the burden of hypocrisy from another. To combat the bigotry and hypocrisy that remain we must challenge ourselves to be so dedicated. At this memorial, our citizens can pledge themselves to the unfinished causes of peace and freedom that King so nobly advanced...