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Normally lucid men are losing their minds, which must mean the subject of abortion has come up, again. On October 26, 1999, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld two abortion laws in the cases of [Hope Clinic v. Ryan] and [Christensen v. Doyle]. Writing for the majority, the inestimable Judge Frank Easterbrook sustained the partial birth abortion bans enacted by Illinois and Wisconsin. The panel decision rejected plaintiffs’ claims that the laws were “vague,” or in the alternative, that they constituted an “undue burden” on women’s right to exercise their cherished constitutional right to hack ...

There'll be no need to stuff mattresses with cash, stockpile Chef Boyardee or load up on firewood, experts from a variety of fields said at a Y2K conference yesterday. With 28 days to the millenium, officials from key industries gathered in Framingham (MA) to allay fears that society will grind to a halt when the ball drops in Times Square at the end of the month. "All systems are go for an uneventful transition into the new millenium," said Jim Sinclair of ISO New England, which oversees the region's electricity distribution. Sinclair was talking specifically about his industry, but could ...

Enter Stage Right - A Journal of Modern Conservatism The Millennium Assembly & Summit By Henry Lamb The most important issue to confront the next President of the United States has yet to be addressed in a meaningful way by any candidate. The Millennium Assembly and Summit, scheduled for next September at the United Nations in New York, is designed to establish global governance. While there has been an abundance of discussion about global governance in U.N. literature over the last five years, there has been virtually no discussion in the media, and less in domestic political circles. Only a ...

RUSSELS, Belgium - NATO Secretary-general George Robertson warned the alliance's European defense ministers yesterday that their lag in military capabilities, painfully bared during this spring's Kosovo conflict, has turned them into a "paper tiger." Robertson, speaking at the close of the first day of the defense ministers' two-day meeting, said he rammed home the message to the Europeans that they must boost their defense capacity to be able to field more modern, mobile and sustainable forces. NATO's 11-week bombing campaign against Yugoslavia was a stark revelation of how far behind the United States that Europe has fallen. According to alliance ...

LA Times Home | Discussions | Print Edition | Archives | Site Map | Home Delivery | Advertise | Help   News Politics Entertainment music, movies, art, TV, restaurants Business Travel Classifieds jobs, homes, cars, rentals SportsCommentary Shopping -->http://www.latimes.com/print/19991203/t000110297.html Back to story   Better Teachers Are Key to Reform, Report Says Education: State is urged to improve training and use incentives to put qualified instructors in troubled schools. By RICHARD LEE COLVIN, Times Education Writer      The most comprehensive analysis ever of California's mounting teacher shortage warns that education reform is doomed unless the state mounts a costly, emergency campaign ...

HUMAN EVENTS:The National Conservative Weekly Front Page – April 17, 1998 Exclusive to Human Events The Case for Repealing the 16th Amendment Abolish the Income Tax! By Alan Keyes The signs are growing that strong sentiment exists in America to abolish the income tax. Despite the attempts of some to distract and diffuse this sentiment – including the proposal merely to flatten the income tax without eliminating it – there appears to be a broad willingness in the country to consider the entire question of the income tax in principle. In this moment of opportunity, the serious work of ...

Author: Tanjug (Yu) Publisher/Date: December 2, 1999 Title: Russia requests UN Security Council session over Kosovo MOSCOW -- The Russian government has requested an immediate convention of the U.N. Security Council to review the "complex situation" in Kosovo-Metohija, according to reports in Russia on Thursday. Russian news agencies report that the request was made in letters to U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan and the Group of seven industrialised states, urging the need for a strict implementiation of U.N. Resolution 1244 on Kosovo-Metohija. Russia asked that Bernard Kouchner, who heads the U.N. civilian mission (UNMIK) to that provicne of the Yugoslav ...

Q Joe, the tabloid newspaper, the National Enquirer, on its front page today has a suggestion that the First Lady is demanding a divorce. Without the use of profanity, what is the White House response to this and has there been any discussion? MR. LOCKHART: I don't generally respond to tabloids and I don't plan to start now. If there is anyone in this room who has done any reporting on the subject and has a specific question to ask, you should ask it. If there is anyone in this room that just wants to find a cheap side ...

•     The lust for power At a friend's suggestion, I read Barbara Olson's "Hell to Pay: The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham Clinton." I must admit that I was initially reluctant to read the book, thinking it would be just another in the long line of books about the Clintons. Readers can get Clinton-fatigue, too, you know. This is a meticulously researched and highly readable political biography of Hillary. And since Hillary's political aims and fortunes have always been deliberately tied to Bill's, the book is necessarily about him, as well. The story traces Hillary's transformation from ...

I found this on another forum. The following photo is of a baby born prematurely at 28 weeks. This baby is now four years old.

For those who have argued that the GOP is an alternative to big-government socialism, let's take a look at the legislative product of the GOP majority in Congress. While this is by no means a complete list, it does serve to give an indiciation of the direction we've chosen in our nation. Is this really the way to a smaller government, and the restoration of liberty..?? Are we setting ourselves up for more of the same? National ID Cards Expanded (no warrant) wiretap authority for FBI A national database for “employed people” Asset seizure for Americans who establish foreign citizenship ...

Michael Trudow, vice president of Genesis Broadcasting, just interrupted the Alex Jones radio broadcast to announce that the National Guard has been ordered to THREATCON A - lock down of all guard bases, no entry. All or most Guard units are to be called in this weekend. (Nothing follows.)

In the present Congress there is a bill, H.R. 40, the aim of which is to derive a formula for the financial compensation of black Africans brought to North America as slaves from 1619 through 1865. The payments would be made to the "living descendents", that is each and every black citizen of the United States. Just who are the guilty culprits that were engaged in the African Slave Trade? And what, if anything should be done about it? African slavery can trace its existence back over 1200 years in time. There are very few records or contemporary statistics. Some ...

WASHINGTON - Former independent counsel Kenneth Starr said Friday he would accept a nomination to the Supreme Court if some future president offered it to him. Starr, who headed the $47 million, four-year investigations of President Clinton that sparked the impeachment battle in Congress a year ago, told reporters at a breakfast meeting that he's not seeking the job, but wouldn't reject nomination to the Supreme Court just because it would be controversial. "I would not run away from that because I'm scared of a fight,'' Starr said. "If someone wanted an interesting confirmation, I would look forward to ...

Bush cartoon alleges arrest at Princeton 12/03/99 By CHARLES STILE Staff Writer Published on December 2, 1999 TRENTON -- The nationally syndicated cartoon strip "Doonesbury" has brought the presidential rumor mill to the doors of Princeton University. In an installment that ran in yesterday's newspapers, the strip parodies "Dubya" -- the phonetic nickname of Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush -- being ambushed with an embarrassing question at last night's candidate debate in New Hampshire. "Sir," begins the question from an invisible person outside the frame of the cartoon, "about your arrest in Princeton . . ." The Bush ...

With apologies to George Orwell: Winston Smith turned his face away from the window to the telephone chirping in the corner. The gray of the sky outside seemed to follow him across the room. He turned down the sound on the television; Big Brother was giving a speech about how children would suffer if the budget were balanced any sooner than 10 years from now. "Mr. Smith?" said a tired voice at the other end of the telephone. "We know you are a single man with a cat and would like to tell you about our convenient cleaning and carpet ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former independent counsel Kenneth Starr Friday called on President Clinton to get "right with the law" and admit lying under oath to hide his relationship with Monica Lewinsky. Starr, at a breakfast meeting with newspaper reporters, said Clinton should acknowledge publicly that he was untruthful in a January 1998 deposition in the Paula Jones sexual harassment case to cover up his relationship with Lewinsky. "Far be it from me to suggest a specific avenue of redress, but in some way, through some manifestation of genuine sorrow and acceptance of responsibility, the president should get himself right with ...

Pat's "critics," if these foaming fanatics can be dignified by that term, never explain why Christians should honor a war that saw ten Christian countries fall under Communist rule. It would be one thing if they acknowledged the fact frankly and argued that destroying Hitler was still, somehow, worth the price of the lives and liberties of tens of millions of Christians. But they don't even mention that this was the price. We are supposed to think World War II ended happily for all free men. **** There's no escaping it: Pat's most venomous detractors are Jewish journalists, including several ...

Democratic big shots from President Clinton on down packed the Convention Center last night to pay - quite literally - a farewell tribute to Mayor Rendell, who has just a month left on the job. About 2,000 people attended the party that wasn't just a party, but also was a $1,000-a-head fund-raiser for Rendell's political future, presumably a bid for governor in 2002. His going-away gift: a minimum of $2 million. Though the evening was largely about money, Rendell told the crowd that he is leaving a job he loves. "If you offered me $10 million a year, I wouldn't ...

Executive Orders A Blueprint for Dictatorship? December 1999 “Stroke of the pen. Law of the land. Kind of cool.” —Paul Begala, former aide to President Clinton1 Article II of the United States Constitution grants the president vaguely defined “executive power.”  It is one of the least specific yet potentially far-reaching powers awarded to the president.  Paired with Article II’s requirement that presidents “take care that the laws be faithfully executed,” the executive power clause provides for a range of “implied powers” with the extent and potency that, if abused, could lead our country down the path to a dictatorship. ...