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...verdict of history on Clinton's decision will take years: How many welfare recipients actually do find jobs; how many really do starve in the streets? But there is no question about his political judgment. His decision has proved so popular that in Florida last week, Clinton ignored his criticisms of the welfare bill and instead simply boasted that he had begun the process of putting welfare recipients to productive work...
What voters think of Dole's tax decision is equally clear. After one rally, the candidate and his entourage passed around signs that had been altered from 15% to read dole 15% behind--which polls indicate is if anything an understatement. The verdict of history? Unless something changes almost miraculously before Nov. 5, there is not going...
...crumbled under the weight of science, notably Darwin's theory of natural selection. But Genesis isn't just about the beginning of the human race. It is also about the beginning of evil--about how and why sin and suffering entered human experience and stayed there. And here the verdict of science is more ambiguous. In some ways, the Bible's account of evil actually draws strength from the very Darwinism that undermined its account of history...
...Acting on a suit by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and WSB-TV, U.S. District Judge J. Owen Forrester ruled Wednesday that officials investigating the July 27 Olympic Park bombing have five days to release the documents used to obtain warrants to search Jewell's home and car. Delivering his verdict, he said: The court concludes that the Jewell chapter of the Centennial Olympic Park bombing investigation has been closed." He added that the documents can be considered "historical information" rather than evidence in an ongoing investigation, and the details of the episode are now a "historical footnote." Jewell was widely...
...this fragmented environment, where news is no longer a common experience, is it any wonder that blacks and whites saw the O.J. Simpson verdict in such a radically different light? Or that right-wing militia groups--nourished by their own books, periodicals and E-mail lists--can be convinced that the West is being invaded by U.N. troops in black helicopters? When traditional sources of news start to disappear, alternate views of the world can flourish...