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...heretical idea that those fica deductions from her paycheck belong to her and that she should control how all that money gets invested. This would, they said, undermine support for Social Security's lesser-known role as a safety net for the working poor and disabled. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the New York Democrat, predicted that the safety-net part of the program would suffer the fate of welfare. "Support for the redistributive aspects of Social Security would quickly erode," he said...
...Rudenstine] does a lot behind the scenes... often discussing policy with senators like Kennedy, [D. Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.)] and Jeffords," Rowe says...
...Taking on the Kennedys (PBS) This documentary about the 1994 congressional race between young Patrick Kennedy and Kevin Vigilante, an accomplished physician, has all the populist wit of a Michael Moore piece without the contrivances. We learn that Vigilante didn't stand a chance against an opponent who wooed voters with the musk of Camelot...
...Patrick and me, we are going to get married. We both are blessed because our families and many of our straight friends plan to participate in the ceremony and celebrate with us. I guess we could wait until everyone approves and the laws of the land say we can legally get married, but then I guess Rosa Parks could have waited until the laws of Alabama said she could ride in the front of the bus. She refused to give up her dignity in the face of unjust laws--and so do Patrick...
...review of the new film star Trek: First Contact [CINEMA, Nov. 25], Richard Corliss showed once again that he fails to appreciate the talents of the original Trek cast. He writes about Patrick Stewart's performance in the new movie: "Here is real acting! In a Star Trek film! From the successor to William Shatner!" Corliss has not yet learned to fear the wrath of the original "classic" Trekkers. It was not necessary for him to offend a pop-culture icon like Shatner in order to glorify the talent of his progeny. CAROLE N. SHIRK Leola, Pennsylvania...