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Every time I hear a presidential candidate talk about child care, I reflexively scan the crowd to see where his kids are, and unless they're there "at the office" with him--climbing out of their strollers, stealing his pens out of his pocket or sneezing on his good suit--I figure he doesn't understand what parenting is really like for most working families. For them, child care means patching together a house of cards--one that can be sent tumbling by a case of strep, an AWOL baby sitter or a school vacation. For most parents, child care...
...course no one should be shot for pulling a wallet from his pocket, as Diallo was. But look at the incident from a policeman's point of view. If we are going to put a cop on the street late at night in an area of the city known to have a high crime rate, he has the right to protect himself without fearing that if he does react to a threat he will be put in jail. I sympathize with the Diallo family, but I also feel for the police officers, who put their lives on the line each...
...Beyond the usual allegations and denials, though, the case may contain some particular problems. Unless it can be proved that a vast right-wing conspiracy forced the Northrop Grumman staffers into lie under oath, it might be hard to convince the public that a group of pocket-protector-wearing techies had anything to gain by fabricating allegations. Adding to the administration's load are claims by the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch, whose $90 million civil suit filed against the White House led to the DOJ investigation, that Justice took over the case simply to delay the civil action until...
With another win in its pocket, the Crimson heads to Southern California this weekend for its spring break schedule. Despite handily defeating Old Dominion, Harvard will have its hands full against four teams that rank higher in the ITA poll...
...Navigator from one state to another like a tank commander, rounding up signatures to get onto state ballots. The antiestablishmentarians in McCain's army are natural Buchananites, he says. And now that Bush is shuffling back to the center, he thinks religious conservatives are in his pro-life pocket. From Gore, he plans to hijack Democrats who are riled about immigration and salivating for economic patriotism...