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...domestic political pressure on Barak's beleaguered government, no matter how forcefully he responds to Palestinian attacks. The ultra-Orthodox Shas party has indicated that it plans, on Monday, to support an opposition motion to dissolve the Knesset and call new elections. That would make Barak a lame duck prime minister, precluding any new agreements with the Palestinians...
...this context, it is even more sad that the Republican Congress is still dragging its feet on meaningful legislation that would make a real difference in the way that our government is administering youth services in America. They still have a chance, however, in the approaching lame-duck congressional session--only the ninth such session convened this century--to make constructive progress on this issue. Now is the not the time to squander the opportunity or the hard work that has gone into moving toward a positive solution...
There is no doubt that the time for action is now. However, we are coming dangerously close to missing our chance. Within weeks Congress will reconvene for a final lame duck session. However, the bill is currently stuck in the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension Committee as well as the House Education and the Workforce Committee, both of whose Republican chairs have failed to the get the bill to the floor...
FOWL ART A Minnesota wildlife painter, Robert Hautman, bested 315 other artists in the 2000 federal duck-stamp contest with his acrylic of a northern pintail...
Democracy is an odd and perverse little duck; it insists that you exercise your civic identity so that you can enjoy your individual identity. And that's what we do most of the time. There are occasions, such as wars, depressions, Lucky Lindy heroics, the deaths of great figures that beckon us back to the unified entity. Generally, though, we are the United States of Solitude--private celebrators of Emerson's self-reliance who, like the melancholy lady, vant to be alone...