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Imagine, however, a former white sheriff, responding to questions in front of the committee. When asked what this white lawyer thought of the recent Supreme Court rulings on affirmative action, he responds that he is not too familiar with most aspects of civil rights law. Would it be racism to deny his confirmation, or prudent sense...
...current debate was sparked by last April's pro-choice march in Washington. One week after the demonstration, in which more than 300,000 people from around the country participated, the New York Times disclosed that its Supreme Court reporter Linda Greenhouse had marched, in violation of the paper's policy. The Washington Post also admitted that several of its reporters had taken part. It ordered those who had done so to abstain from covering abortion-related stories in the future...
...dialogue is certain to intensify in coming months because of the Supreme Court's recent decision in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services. As state legislatures begin to tackle abortion questions, newsrooms across the country will be faced with the tension between personal opinions and public actions. The large Washington pro-choice rally planned for November could prove to be a major test case for reporters determined to march. One journalist who will not be there: the New York Times's Greenhouse, whose last foray into the public arena originally sparked the debate. Says Greenhouse: "I don't intend to make...
...Hwang heard the story of Bernard Boursicot, a French diplomat who for nearly two decades carried on an affair with a male Chinese spy he professed to believe was a woman. Boursicot even claimed to have thought he had fathered a child by his "mistress," and when confronted in court with evidence of his partner's true gender, refused to accept it. "I knew right away that this was for me," Hwang said. Where others saw in Boursicot's story one of the odd corners of human life, Hwang perceived in it -- or reinvented it to be -- a reflection...
...church and the Greek Cypriot government that the works had been stripped from a small village church on the Turkish- controlled side of the island and illegally offered for sale on the international art market. Said Archbishop Chrysostomos of the Cyprus Church: "This just decision by the American court will help end the illegal marketing of looted archaeological items worldwide." Museum directors expect the decision to set an important precedent for regulating the antiquities market...