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...Sanctions range from fines to possible imprisonment. And if child-welfare activists and the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child have their way, the day will soon come when spanking is illegal everywhere. As of this year, care workers in the U.K. are no longer permitted to strike children in their care; the "reasonable chastisement" defense means parents still can. The U.N. has called for all countries to explicitly ban child corporal punishment. The Supreme Court of Canada recently heard a case that could result in a tightening of the law there. Recent debate on the subject...
...Sanctions range from fines to possible imprisonment. And if child-welfare activists and the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child have their way, the day will soon come when spanking is illegal everywhere. As of this year, care workers in the U.K. are no longer permitted to strike children in their care; the "reasonable chastisement" defense means parents still can. The U.N. has called for all countries to explicitly ban child corporal punishment. The Supreme Court of Canada recently heard a case that could result in a tightening of the law there. Recent debate on the subject...
...world of “new deadly challenges… from rogue states and terrorists,” which the Bush Doctrine describes, the U.S. will encounter other threats to its security. A foreign policy specifically reserving the power to strike preemptively and unilaterally is essential in fighting future threats like Saddam. Whether or not the U.N. and European allies live up to their responsibilities, we must be allowed to rise to ours...
This fall, councillors have been meeting with University officials to try to strike a last-minute deal in which Harvard could build taller buildings than the Carlson petition allows, in exchange for concessions such as providing public open space and affordable housing units for city residents...
...Iran's nuclear capability primarily through the IAEA, although President Bush has warned that the U.S. "will not tolerate" the construction of a nuclear weapon by Iran. U.S. officials also leaked stories of Israel's submarine-launched nuclear cruise missile capability and the possibility of an Israeli preemptive strike to prevent Iran from going nuclear to signal the dire consequences that could follow if Tehran pursued the nuclear path...