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Ellen Goodman recently reported a "debate" over the legitimacy of astrology on PBS's MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour, and I have heard Dan Rather proclaim that "astrology has been given a new legitmacy," as if it were a neutral fact. I think this new boom in superstition is bad news of the first order. Television coverage of late has been limited to interviews with psuedoscientists and their devotees, who naturally are gleeful about the recent turn of events. The press seems afraid to point out how stupid a belief in astrology is, how discredited a "science...
...jails when it opened in 1986, Canto Grande no longer deserves that reputation. Its closed-circuit televisions and searchlights are broken. Inside the four-story women's cellblock, the inmates have taken over and turned it into a Senderista training camp, complete with red felt and tinsel banners that proclaim LONG LIVE THE REVOLUTION...
...votes in primaries and caucuses than any other contender. When the final Michigan results are tallied, Jackson, with roughly 600 convention delegates, may have pulled virtually even with Michael Dukakis. The odds against a Jackson nomination remain prohibitive. But after his Michigan miracle, this most unexpected front runner could proclaim that the results reflect the "message, the authenticity and the soul of Jesse Jackson, versus the mechanics and the money of my opposition...
...Gore political message is an important one in understanding the symbolism of Super Tuesday. Gore's stump speech and his television advertisements proclaim his Southern heritage, his hawkish stance on national defense and his willingness to talk tough in a field of Democratic candidates that...
...there. When Debbie sings an ode to shopping malls and interstates called Ohio Afternoon ("Ohio fun . . . diesels dragging out on Highway 1"), she gets all misty. When Mark and Mike have at a couple of Zez Confrey ivory ticklers like Dizzy Fingers and Coaxing the Piano, their doofus grins proclaim the triumph of diligent drudgery over inspiration. No wonder Miss Reeves, their music teacher, is beaming...