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...away. In fact, there are several, where you can enjoy a latte or sip a double-tall mocha. Beijing is transforming itself into a modern metropolis with Starbucks full of Chinese and expats getting their Java jolt. When it comes to coffee bars, Beijing is no latte lightweight. CHRISTOPHER OXLEY Beijing...
...should decide what's fit for kids to see online? If Rep. Mike Oxley has his way, says TIME correspondent Declan McCullagh, it will be "any Bible Belt prosecutor who's itching to make a name for himself." Oxley is the sponsor of the Internet decency act that was approved by a House Commerce subcommittee Thursday -- a bill that bears a striking resemblance to the 1996 Communications Decency Act that got the bum's rush from the Supreme Court, 9-0, for being unconstitutional. So what's Oxley -- who says this bill is "a more reasonable product" -- got going this...
...much, says McCullagh. "This is a feeble retread of what they tried in 1996," he says. "When is Congress going to learn they can't legislate morality? The courts laughed at the original CDA and they will at this one too." Although Oxley's "reasonable" modifications include targeting commercial, not private, web sites and aiming at content "harmful" to minors, instead of "patently offensive or indecent," he appears blithely indifferent to a host of issues his legislation would raise: Overseas sites, for example, which are beyond U.S. control. Or the lack of a national decency standard, which means any local...
...pushing me back with her chest. Frustrated, I began to cry. My mother had been watching Friday's unusual behavior, and as she approached she saw the reason Friday was blocking my path: a nest of copperhead snakes. Rottweilers have saved many more lives than they have taken. PATTY OXLEY-LEONARD Houston...
...Oxley entered the House after a narrow special-election victory in 1981, but has had no trouble holding on to his seat since then. He has become an expert in emerging technologies and communications and a strong voice against government involvement in either...