Word: provenances
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This is about as sophisticated as their reasoning gets. For the Left, ad hominem attacks and intimidation have proven an effective way to avoid rational debate...
...control is not the panacea its advocates claim it to be. The Justice Department has found that 93 percent of gun-using criminals already obtain their guns through illegal means. Also, waiting periods have proven ineffective at stemming crime. From 1952 to 1974, California had a lower murder rate than the rest of the country. A 15-day waiting period on handgun purchases was enacted in 1975, and from 1975 to 1990, California had a higher murder rate than the rest of the country. Meanwhile, tough gun control laws in New York City and Washington, D.C. have done little...
This argument cannot be proven wrong. Military predictions are always speculative. But the argument remains insufficient in several ways. Western military intervention would not aim at conquering land, but instead at two other goals: putting real pressure on Serbia to halt the fighting, and leveling the playing field if they still refuse. Air power would be the primary method. These are realistic goals with good prospects of success...
...loyal fan of Lynn Johnston's comic strip "For Better or For Worse' ever since I started reading newspapers. I've suffered with her cartoon family through puberty, braces, glasses, a new baby, and teenage smoking. No matter what the problem, be it loud music or alcoholism, Johnston has proven herself a competent, sensitive writer on a wide variety of family issues...
What's important is that there are homosexual youth, and their problems are as much of a family issue as alcohol use or peer pressure. Other strips have shied away from such controversial issues. In discussing previous topics as anorexia and teen-age smoking. Lynn Johnston has proven herself a tactful, well-informed writer, and I can think of no one better to address this issue. If, indeed, the propagandizing effect of this comic strip is to be protested, remember that groups opposed to gay rights haven't ever offered to do anything but condemn the good intentions of others...