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Michael McDade, who earned a Bronze Star fighting in Vietnam, came to believe the war was an unwinnable folly. But opposition to the conflict never got him marching in protest. Nor did Watergate prompt him to activism, even though he grew so disgusted he "no longer felt allegiance to the government." What did radicalize him, he says, was "having to bundle up and transport my increasingly ill lover to a welfare office every few months so bureaucrats could go through the pointless charade of recertifying a dying man's disability to work." So he began to join group after group...
...CLEAR that publishing or broadcasting rumors is all that destructive to democracy. Doing so can certainly spark interest that might prompt some readers, viewers or listeners to learn more about the election. But that matters little, of course, if most of what's being reported has nothing to do with public policy...
...whether the government decides to provide incentives for long-term investment in inner cities. "It has to be for good business reasons so it will last," he says. "If you do it for charitable reasons, it goes away as soon as the money runs out." He sees the prompt creation of enterprise zones as critical to the long-term success of his efforts. "If they don't want to do it for the whole country, then they should experiment with the center of L.A.," he argues. "Make it a blueprint for other cities...
...critics of ROTC say the program's exclusion of homosexuals is simply incompatible with the University's own policy of nondiscrimination. Some also argue that Harvard's action would focus attention on an important issue, and perhaps prompt action in Congress, if not the Pentagon...
Steven Thompson, whose discrimination complainthelped prompt the meeting with Patrick, said hehad not spoken to Patrick or any representative ofthe general counsel's office as part of theinvestigation...