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...difficult to find a silver lining in the collapse of Enron. But strewn about the shredded documents and lost retirement savings, one positive outcome is emerging—a new push for campaign finance reform...
...measure which would allow individual donors to give $75,000 to each of the major parties’ three national committees in addition to unlimited money for state political parties. But this plan would do next-to-nothing; it is only a feel-good measure designed to look like reform. It would keep an incredible amount of unregulated money in politics, by pushing the problem that currently plagues national political parties to the state level and thereby ignoring the source of the problem—the money itself...
While there is a definite need to pursue terrorism abroad, rhetorically grouping these three distinct countries shows a troubling lack of appreciation for their vastly different histories and current circumstances. The label accomplishes little and may, in fact, hinder attempts to promote reform within North Korea and Iran. Bush’s jingoism is even upsetting our allies; French foreign minister Hubert Védrine yesterday criticized the United States for taking such an antagonistic stance without consulting European powers...
...must encourage legitimate, existing reform movements rather than build up added antagonism with irresponsible rhetoric. Tensions with North Korea had noticably decreased during the Clinton administration, when an agreement was reached to close and monitor the North’s nuclear facilities. But since Bush has come to office and shown little enthusiam for diplomacy with the North, relations have deteriorated. Bush’s menacing new rhetoric may end any possibility of dialogue or compromise...
...American Tort Reform Association, backed mostly by Republicans, has been lobbying since 1986 to limit noneconomic damages in some suits to $250,000. John Ashcroft, head of the Justice Department, pushed for such a cap on punitive damages when he was a Senator. But Feinberg, a Democrat, insists he was not pressured by the Administration to keep the numbers...