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Since coming into office, President George W. Bush has gradually taken steps to weaken Roe. The most recent erosion has been the decision to renominate several anti-abortion judicial nominees including Charles Pickering and Priscilla Owen—both of whom were nominated to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and both rejected by the Democratic-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee last year. Even though Pickering advocated the passage of a Constitutional amendment banning abortion and Owen ruthlessly condemned pregnant minors for seeking abortions without parental consent, Bush still stands by his choices today...
...city council considers a proposal to gradually limit smoking areas in restaurants to 15 percent of tables. Under heavy pressure from Cambridge’s business community, the council adds amendments that weaken the proposal. The measure passes, but only restricts smoking to 50 percent of restaurant tables. Smoking ban advocates call the new restrictions “meaningless...
...Tunhammar, director general of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, says that if the country votes no, the Swedish krona will weaken, interest rates will rise and the country will have to adopt structural reforms to compete in Europe. While most businessmen share this view, some important voices have spoken out against it. Rune Andersson, chairman of the board of Electrolux, the giant producer of washing machines and dishwashers that is Sweden's fourth-largest business, says he favors keeping an independent krona and central bank for Sweden, even though the company loses out when export receipts are converted back from...
...convert Muslims only provide more reasons to dislike America. The proselytizers add fuel to the idea that America is against Islam or any religion other than Christianity. If the U.S. wants to end terrorism, it must make friends, not enemies. Not only does the attempt to convert weaken America's relations with other countries, but it is wrong. Conversion ends diversity, something beautiful that ought to be embraced. CHARU GUPTA Naperville...
...conflict. More than two years of Sharon's hard-line tactics have failed to eliminate the terror threat; instead, the hard-line organizations behind it have grown even more influential over Palestinian political affairs. And 1,000 days of Palestinian suicide terror have not only failed to weaken Israel's grip on the West Bank and Gaza, they have actually strengthened it and all but killed off Labor, the party of Yitzhak Rabin and the traditional peace party, as a serious contender for power in Israel...