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While reasonable, moral and intelligent people have valid arguments for or against the death penalty, one thing rings true: the decision is too important and too serious to be dictated by the whims of politics. While I am glad to see a life spared, at least temporarily, Bush's flip-flop from his apathetic stance on previous cases is a real disgrace to both our justice system and our choice in political candidates. ROBERT M. RADESKI Lake Gregory, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 3, 2000 | 7/3/2000 | See Source »

...uncontained around the Internet. Radical gays should not be allowed to spread their malicious, hate-based lies about Dr. Laura, unquestioned by the liberal media. In the name of tolerance, radical gays have turned out to be the most hateful, intolerant group of all. The problem with the liberal flip-flop that's going on here is that it will bite who it's intended for first (conservatives and religious), then it will turn and bite the liberal and his Hollywood counterpart next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Doctor's In Box | 6/27/2000 | See Source »

...level of irresponsibility and selfishness, the degree to which people defend their own imagined rights and don't look at their responsibilities as the flip side of that, the impact that it's having on their children. You bet I've become more ferocious in response to what I see as society's giving up self-evident truths of goodness and kindness, compassion, caring and selflessness, the needs of children for nurturance, attention and support. The more those are disassembling, the more ferocious I'm getting in banging the pot to get people to realize what's happening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Preacher, Teacher, Nag: Dr. Laura Speaks | 6/24/2000 | See Source »

...tactics had critics within the law-enforcement agency, whose execution was less than perfect, and the end result of which was the fiery death of women and children as well as the bad guys. Who started the fire - the key point for conspiracy theorists, owing to the troubling government flip-flopping on the use of incendiary devices - will be merely a part of Caddell's larger picture of FBI bumbling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Conspiracy Theorists Get Ready: Here Waco Again | 6/20/2000 | See Source »

...This one hopes most of all for cars you can fast-forward through those boring long drives on the interstate. Zzzap! There goes Nebraska! Better yet--say it's 2025 and you're driving to Atlantic City or your mother-in-law's or a Jim Nabors concert. Just flip a switch, and the Zeno's Paradox-based, drive-by-wire, fuzzy-logic antidestination override feature cuts in to make sure you never get there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will We Still Drive Our Cars (Or Will Our Cars Drive Us)? | 6/19/2000 | See Source »

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