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...episode, he does no favor for the 99% of cops who don't shoot first and ask questions later. Giuliani does know how to behave better. When Haitian immigrant Abner Louima was sodomized by a police officer with the handle of a toilet plunger in 1997, Giuliani expressed shock at the brutality and called for a task force to review police-community issues. But that was in the midst of his re-election campaign, and since then his reaction to charges of police brutality has grown more strident. The irony is that police killings of civilians are down dramatically from...
There was considerable shock in the White House and throughout Democratic party ranks Thursday when the vice president broke with his administration over the issue, supporting legislation to make Elian a permanent resident of the U.S. and insisting that his future be decided as a custody case by a family court. Gore's announcement, which will almost certainly stiffen the resolve of Elian's Miami relatives to defy the INS demand that they sign a pledge to hand the boy over once they've exhausted their appeal process, appears designed to court Florida's Cuban-American voters, but may spark...
...school, and to think harder. The Constitution - onto which patriots or opportunists are eager to nail wanton amendments from time to time - was not designed for the purpose of making people feel good by silencing opinions that make some people feel bad. The First Amendment functions as an indispensable shock absorber. It protects all speech, not merely popular or majority speech. If you want to enjoy the freedom of America, you can damned well put up with the disgusting freedom of your fellow citizens. Other people's freedom is sometimes offensive...
...vegetables. "Ha! Ha! Ha! Look what Lance ordered!" yells Kirkpatrick, pointing at a small brioche with pate before realizing they are each getting the complimentary amuse-guele. "My dog eats better stuff than that," says Justin Timberlake, 19, the group's heartthrob. JC Chasez, 21, much to everyone's shock, eats his. The table totally freaks...
Radcliffe College's merger with Harvard, negotiated last spring, sent shock waves through the ranks of Radcliffe College alumnae, many of who expressed disappointment at not being included in the process and at the College's ultimate absorption into the ranks of Harvard...