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John B. Oakes, Liberal Voice of The Times, Is Dead at 87 By ROBERT D. McFADDEN John B. Oakes, who infused the opinion pages of The New York Times with his crisp reasoning, passionate convictions and liberal political views for more than 40 years, 15 of them as editor of the editorial page, died early today at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Manhattan. He was 87, and lived in Manhattan and Martha's Vineyard, Mass. Mr. Oakes had been hospitalized since suffering a stroke on March 22. In a tumultuous era of cold war nuclear perils and crises over civil rights, the ...

Princeton ethics prof stuns again with article 03/22/01 By ROBERT STERN Staff Writer PRINCETON BOROUGH -- Peter Singer, the free-thinking Princeton University bioethics professor, is again raising eyebrows with his frank and unconventional opinions, this time by questioning the human taboo against bestiality. The world-famous philosopher has made a career out of challenging traditional thought on controversial topics -- from abortion to euthanasia. Now Singer, regarded as a pioneer in the modern animal-rights movement, suggests that people rethink what he says is a primarily Judeo-Christian taboo against bestiality -- sex with animals. While the Australian-born Singer does not condone ...

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---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 16:29:14 -0500 (EST) From: Lee Worden To: Undisclosed recipients: ; Subject: CALL FOR PROTEST - SCALIA CALL FOR PROTEST Feb. 23 SUPREME COURT "JUSTICE" ANTONIN SCALIA To Speak At Princeton University The University Graduate Alumni have invited one of the five justices who gave the presidency to Bush, to deliver a keynote address to a conference on 'A Constitution For the Ages'. Do we want this man to tell us about the constitution? We are calling for a MASS PROTEST at this event, on the Princeton University campus, at 7:30 PM ...

Thursday, February 15, 2001 'The Vagina Monologues' 'V-Day' goes down By LAURA VANDERKAM '01 Princetonian Columnist Saturday night, I found myself listening to thousands of women moaning in simultaneous feigned orgasm in Madison Square Garden. The occasion was "V-Day," a celebrity-packed production of Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues." Since 1998, V-Day has become an international movement, with the monologues being performed at over 400 colleges (including Princeton) around Valentine's Day. The proceeds usually go to women's shelters. The Garden event was the mother of all V-Day performances. There, on one stage, stood Oprah Winfrey, Queen Latifah, Gloria Steinem, Jane ...

New Texas 'Janes' Mark Roe v. Wade Anniversary By Nancy Schaadt DALLAS (WOMENSENEWS)--Today, only two days after anti-choice President George W. Bush took the oath of office, pro-choice activists in his home state of Texas launched a website, hotline and non-profit organization to help young women navigate tough, anti-choice parental notification laws. Jane's Due Process, as the group is called, comes to life 28 years to the day after the anonymous Jane Roe won the historic U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Roe v. Wade, on Jan. 22, 1973, that confirmed women have a constitutional right to abortion, based on their right ...

Ill. to reinstate death penalty under new rules - - - - - - - - - - - - BY NICOLE ZIEGLER DIZON Jan. 23, 2001 | CHICAGO (AP) -- Spurred by the release of 13 inmates from Illinois' death row, the state Supreme Court has set some of the nation's most rigorous standards of training and experience for defense attorneys, prosecutors and judges handling capital cases. Under the rules issued Monday, the lead lawyer on each side must have at least five years of criminal litigation experience; previously, none was required. And judges who might preside over capital ...

January 22, 2001 Moral Leaders Need Not Be Flawless By MICHAEL ERIC DYSON CHICAGO — The revelation that the Rev. Jesse Jackson fathered a child out of wedlock raises difficult questions about leadership and morality. I confronted this issue when I wrote a book on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and chose to address his moral flaws. My decision proved controversial and provoked outrage in some quarters of black America. Mr. Jackson's situation illustrates the need to acknowledge that our leaders will occasionally disappoint themselves and us. If we demand that they be perfect, we risk disillusionment when their ...

January 20, 2001 ABROAD AT HOME Ave Atque Vale By ANTHONY LEWIS BOSTON -- This country has made greater gains in the eight years of Bill Clinton's presidency than in any comparable period in memory. Personal income is way up, unemployment startlingly low. Decades of federal budget deficits have turned into huge surpluses. Not just economic but social indicators have improved. Crime is sharply down, as is the rate of teenage pregnancy. On the Wall Street Journal editorial page the other day Francis Fukuyama wrote: "The relentless cultural decline that at the beginning of the 1990's seemed like a ...

Tonight I've been discussing the revelation of Rev. Jackson's mistress with a co-worker of mine (a young African American lady who doesn't seem to like the Reverend that much). She said, however, that she was not surprised, because she thinks most men in powerful positions have mistresses. We could certainly think of a few-- Clinton most famously, but also Gingrich, Jackson, Kennedy, revelations from Hyde and others. But then the question arose- who are the women who have affairs with these men? Is power that much of an aphrodesiac that you can ignore Sen. Kennedy's ample jowls? Or that the ...

With George W. Bush preparing to take office, the Washington see-saw is about to tilt right — leaving some of Princeton's policy-minded professors and graduate students predicting they will no longer feel welcome at the playground. Balance of power By MICHAEL JENKINS Princetonian Staff Writer For 16 months during the early years of the Clinton administration, Wilson School professor Frank Von Hippel worked with the White House, advising the president on arms control and nuclear disarmament. But he doubts he will be invited back in the near future. And Von Hippel is not alone among those Princeton professors who consider ...

Monday, January 8, 2001 'Hanoi Jane': An Urban Myth Re-Examined AP/Wide World The young Jane Fonda. The question of Jane Fonda’s actions during her visit to Hanoi in 1972 still raises a lot of emotion. Over the weekend, this column received several dozen e-mails calling her a traitor. There were also several dozen e-mails, however, that cited Fonda’s actual activities in Hanoi. These e-mails were erroneous in the opinion of some former POWs and the U.S. government. Fonda — in error for posing for photos on tanks, etc. — is innocent of most of the accusations leveled at her in ...

When bad things happen to good money By Neal B. Freeman It is beginning to dawn on all sorts of people — impatient heirs among them — that this great land of ours soon will be crawling with rich people. That's the good news. The bad news is that many of these rich people will try to turn themselves into philanthropists. The baby-boomer generation — that bloated cohort born between 1946 and 1964 — is in line to receive, directly or indirectly, more than $12 trillion. Tens of thousands of estates in the $10 million to $30 million range will ...

January 4, 2001 IN AMERICA Fairness for Whom? By BOB HERBERT We keep hearing that George W. Bush's choice for attorney general, John Ashcroft, is a man of honor, a stalwart when it comes to matters of principle and integrity. Former Senate colleagues are frequently quoted as saying that while they disagree with his ultra-conservative political views, they consider him to be a trustworthy, fair-minded individual. Spare me. The allegedly upright Mr. Ashcroft revealed himself as a shameless and deliberately destructive liar in 1999 when, as the junior senator from Missouri, he launched a malicious attack against a genuinely ...

"The three choices definitely broaden the new cabinet's ethnic composition. Mr. Abraham is Arab- American, Ms. Chavez Hispanic and Mr. Mineta Japanese-American. What they do not add is significant ideological diversity."

I'm looking into different states' regulation of home schooling-- a legal interest of mine. For any homeschooling Freepers, what regulations have you had to comply with in order to homeschool your children? Do you see these regulations as reasonable? Has anyone had any problems with getting their school board/state/whatever controlling legal authority to approve their plans to homeschool? If anyone could help out, I'd appreciate it! Thanks.

Question posted during Q and A session with NY Times reporter Linda Greenhouse: Q: I realize that this is slightly silly and meaningless question, but maybe you'd take a stab at it: How would order the current Supreme Court justices from the most conservative to the most liberal? I think it's pretty clear on the conservative end (Thomas, Scalia, Rehnquist, Kennedy, O'Connor, in my estimation), but far more difficult on the liberal. JASON A. LEVITIS New York, Nov. 28, 2000 A: My view is that there are no classic liberals on the court (i.e., in the mold of Justices Brennan ...