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...convention speech, Rice took a couple of sideswipes. She warned that the U.S. can't afford to become the world's 911 number - a reference to what GOP heavyweights see as the administration's inconsistent and misguided policy of "humanitarian intervention." Valid criticism, perhaps, although it's also worth remembering that the defining humanitarian debacle of the '90s - the death of 18 U.S. soldiers during a botched raid on a Somali warlord in Mogadishu -occurred in the course of a mission bequeathed by the Bush administration...
While reasonable, moral and intelligent people have valid arguments for or against the death penalty, one thing rings true: the decision is too important and too serious to be dictated by the whims of politics. While I am glad to see a life spared, at least temporarily, Bush's flip-flop from his apathetic stance on previous cases is a real disgrace to both our justice system and our choice in political candidates. ROBERT M. RADESKI Lake Gregory, Calif...
...Gulf in 1991. We sent them into Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to protect the vital interests of the U.S. and its allies - the oil reserves that Saddam Hussein would've controlled if he hadn't been ejected from Kuwait and stopped from invading Saudi Arabia. This was a valid and vital projection of the national interest, even if it meant shoring up Saudi and Kuwaiti regimes that would hardly be deemed democratic by U.S. standards...
...right down to the syndicated candid-camera dating show Blind Date--there is a divide between those who will accept any act between consenting adults and those who will not. The criticism that VTV "reality" isn't "real"--it is edited, subjects adopt false faces--is absolutely valid. It is also, by now, a truism, widely acknowledged by viewers and many participants alike. This is part of why we enjoy laughing at these series: they let us feel superior not only to the people on them but to the medium itself. If these shows have made their viewers into savvier...
Advocates of greater accountability in the schools contend that teachers--not the tests--are to blame for the cheating. But even some backers of tough standards are taking a second look at the tests. "Research shows that using test scores in combination with grades results in a more valid decision," says Walt Haney, a senior research associate at Boston College's Center for the Study of Testing. "The clear solution is to reduce the stakes." Such wisdom is swaying some politicians. Conceding that some tests have begun "to crowd out all other [classroom] endeavors," President Clinton this spring said testing...