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Just as liberals live in growing fear that America has had it with affirmative action, conservatives have to wonder if the future of the pro-life movement is not equally bleak. No doubt, the pro-life lobby remains strong and abortion continues to be restricted (i.e., parental consent requirements, bans on partial-birth abortions). But I would be just as surprised to see abortion outlawed in this country in the next 10 years as I would to see affirmative action embraced by the masses. Roe v. Wade is not going to be overturned; the voters will not let it happen...
...Lucianne Goldberg the Oliver North of the Lewinsky scandal? "I take all the blame," the literary agent told reporters Thursday, after she testified before a Maryland grand jury over Linda Tripp's recordings of conversations with the White House intern. Phone-tapping without the other party's consent is illegal in the state of Maryland, and the investigation has focused on whether Tripp knew that. Now Goldberg -- who appears to have recorded all her own conversations, too -- has handed over tapes in which she tells Tripp that the Lewinsky recording would be legal under federal law. "I didn...
...private manner of his death betrayed the poet?s secret world. Only his family, his publisher and a tightly knit circle of close friends knew that Ted Hughes, the British poet laureate and by common consent one of the 20th century?s greatest writers, had cancer and had been struggling reclusively with it for 18 months. Finally, Hughes passed away Wednesday night at the age of 68, Faber & Faber, his publisher, announced Thursday...
...answer may be simple: fear of a lawsuit. About half the states recognize a right of publicity, which generally keeps people from commercially exploiting another's name or face without his or her consent. These laws make licensing arrangements necessary, and so far, there's no Monica licensing deal. Clinton enjoys these protections too, but few public officials have deemed the cost and bad publicity of a lawsuit worth the bother. Moreover, a government official's lawsuit may violate free-speech protections...
...fill out the consent forms, Sameera notes the disclaimer that clears Boston Paintball of any liability for death...