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...United States. Either way, we feel that the indecency law is entirely unacceptable both for practical and ideological reasons. While we agree that it is important to prevent children from accessing certain types of materials, this in no way requires the federal government to invade civil society in this manner. If the Republicans want to follow Bob Dole's lead and urge on-line companies to voluntarily regulate their content, this is fine. Even laws requiring the software equivalent of the V-chip would be acceptable, because they would in no way restrict what could legally be posted...
China is not the first, nor will it be the last, country to brutalize innocent students. Both Taiwan and South Korea, America's biggest allies in East Asia, have done it in more or less the same manner. Even America itself has done it--do we need to be reminded of the Kent State student slayings? The very reason for this bad luck lies in the lack of wide support in society. Historian Leonard Kreiger notes that "the protagonists of individual liberty are primarily intellectuals." In such a big and poor country as China where the educated class comprises only...
...sinuous elegance of his great (and friendly) rival shone most brilliantly on the polished surface of a ballroom floor, Kelly's robust athleticism seemed to rise most exuberantly from a gritty city sidewalk. Astaire put us in touch with our romantic ideals and with that perfection of manner the rest of us attain only in our more blissful daydreams. At his best, Kelly reminded us that, in reality, we are obliged to improvise our happiness with such rough materials as fall to hand...
...particularly obscure and Delphic: "All these hills are full of enemies. They live inside. Day and night they weave their evil schemes," she tells him. After listening to such divinations, Lituma mordantly imagines the report he might telegraph back to his headquarters about the missing men: "Sacrificed in manner as yet undetermined to placate evil spirits of Andes, stop. Written in lines of hand, witness claims. Case closed, stop...
...simply registering people does not ensure that they will turn out to vote, nor does it ensure that they will be capable of voting in an informed manner. Therefore, we hope that the Youth Vote conference will succeed in tackling the difficult task of teaching its participants to effectively bring the issues back to their communities. Voter registration is one thing, but creating a well-informed citizenry is entirely different...