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...great irony here that the neighsayers themselves are making a profoundly political move--in preserving the status quo. As Cass Sunstein notes in his The Partial Constitution, much modern conservative advocacy centers around "taking, as given and as the baseline for decision, the status quo, or what various people and groups now have." This status quo neutrality masquerades as impartiality or objectivity, advancing its objectives all the more insidiously by virtue of its ostensible ideological purity. Thus there is no apolitical foundation from which the ethnic studies advocates wish to displace the current curriculum. Ethnic studies advocates should not shrink...
...does everyone always think education is the panacea for poverty? My husband and I attended private schools and colleges, and we hold master's degrees. We have been employed in our chosen fields since graduation. Come bill time, however, we find ourselves sending partial payments as a stalling tactic. To avoid the high cost of day care-an expense our combined earnings couldn't begin to cover-we work opposite shifts. Our parents have even taken over our car payments. We often marvel at the fact that two well-educated white-collar workers like ourselves are worse off financially than...
...must play a delicate game if it still hopes to attract Cuban-American voters in the crucial state of Florida. While Clinton has promised not to lift the embargo unless Cuba institutes free elections and other democratic changes, his Administration is open to easing some restrictions in return for partial measures from Castro. For now, the White House is thinking of making travel to Cuba easier for academics and religious figures, as well as lifting obstacles to the posting of Cuban journalists in the U.S. and American journalists in Cuba...
...referral from a sports-medicine specialist who had done an mri when he learned that an ache in Vonk's leg had persisted for more than a year. Mayo specialists diagnosed the problem as bone cancer and subjected Vonk to three operations; Vonk also spent six months in a partial body cast and a year on crutches. The bills were high, all right: even with his insurance benefits Vonk, now 33, wound up owing Mayo $15,000. He appealed under an "indigent patient" program and got that reduced to $5,000, but he will still be paying Mayo...
Jean-Bertrand Aristide's Lavalas Platform,the only Haitian political organization that hasn't condemned the June 25 election as fraudulent, has claimed victory. But the results are not yet clear. The hand-tallied count due out last Saturday still has not been released, and, according to partial results available early today, about half the seats in the Senate and Chamber of Deputies are due for August runoffs. Aristide, whose term ends next February, cannot succeed himself, but has said he might run again in 2000.TINDER BOX? Insiders say that the Port-au-Prince mayoral election results are so explosive...