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Such a scenario is far-fetched. It gives a little insight, however, into the interconnection of the value of the individual person, the freedom of the economy and the moral values which govern our society. A government, even a democratic government, which controls our economic decisions for us also controls what moral decisions we can make. It controls, ultimately, the values which we hold dear. It controls us as individual persons...
...passage of the 1990 Children's Television Act, which sets advertising limits on children's programming and requires TV stations to air at least some fare that serves the educational needs of kids. "For more than 20 years, ACT has tried to get the public-interest laws that govern broadcasting to apply to children," said Charren. "With the passage of the 1990 Children's Television Act, this goal has been achieved. People who want better TV for kids now have Congress on their side...
...much, in fact, that I began to wonder how anyone who so hated the establishment could ever hope to govern effectively as part of it. Come question-and-answer time, one woman vocalized my concern. Brown's response--clearly unscripted--may have been one of the better soundbites of the night: "If the system isn't working, then is working with an unworking system...working...
Because a vast majority of Taiwan's inhabitants are ethnically Chinese, and because China used to control Taiwan, the People's Republic claims to have the right to govern the country...
...having won, Edwards will now have to govern a badly bruised and divided state. Virtually all of Duke's votes came from whites, while the black vote went for Edwards. Having won only as the lesser of evils, Edwards now owes it to all Louisianians to restore some standards of decency to his traumatized state...