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...latest pet bill passed Congress in late September and awaits President Bush's signature: the Cuban Democracy Act will prohibit subsidiaries of U.S. companies from trading with the island and bar any ship that docks in Cuba from unloading at U.S. ports. Prominent dissidents in Cuba argued that the measure would only worsen living conditions, not oust Castro. While the White House supports the embargo, it opposed tightening it for fear of alienating U.S. trade allies but quickly changed its mind after Clinton backed the measure. "There's no question Mas has a lot of power in Washington," said...
Another guarantee of academic free speech could be the institution of strict guidelines for firing professors, which would prohibit the termination of a professor for the views hie espouses and which would require compelling evidence that he is being fired for other reasons...
Most abortion rights opponents basically want the government to prohibit doctors from performing abortions. From our point of view, that's bad enough...
...this rule, in the extreme, would prohibit women from even thinking about abortion--from even knowing that safe, legal abortion exists as an option. In the worst fascist traditions, the rule effects government policy by in some way controlling the thoughts of the governed...
...course, like alcohol, drugs need to be regulated--to ensure purity (fewer ODs from bad dope), to prohibit driving under the influence and to allow employers to fire and suspend those who come to work high. Education about drugs needs to be as pervasive as it is about smoking, sex and drinking. Also consider the fact that a sales tax on drugs could make millions for the government just as we would save the millions that now go toward waging a useless drug...