IF RUSSIA CAN HAVE A `SPHERE,’ WHY CAN’T AMERICA?
With American troops in Haiti and Russian troops engaged in at least three neighboring civil wars, the "sphere of influence" question is upon us. During last week's Yeltsin summit, the...
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SUFFERING THROUGH 18 1/2 AGONIZING HOURS OF `BASEBALL’
It has been a bad year for baseball. First the strike and now Ken Burns' TV epic, "Baseball." The strike destroyed a great season and a 90-year run of World...
CLINTON’S TOPSY-TURVY STAND ON HAITI
The folly of a Haitian invasion having been averted-ours is a "semi-permissive entry"-the burdens of a thankless Haitian occupation are just beginning. Amid the back-slapping and self-congratulation about the apparent...
WITH THE JOKERS IN PLACE, CLINTON’S LITTLE WAR CAN BEGIN
A planned military offensive, which is, by definition, an act of war, must receive the prior authorization of the Congress. - Sen. George Mitchell, Nov. 23, 1990. There is no...
A WISE CHOICE: SEEKING THE TRUTH INSTEAD OF REVENGE
On the hundredth day of his presidency, Nelson Mandela announced that he would send Parliament legislation establishing a "Truth and Reconciliation Commission" to deal with human rights abuses of the...
GO HOME, CONGRESS; STOP RUSHING TO PASS HEALTH CARE REFORM
Health care reform has by now degenerated to such a point that the choice is no longer left vs. right but good government vs. bad. There is no justification, ideological...
AN EXHIBIT INFUSED WITH REVISIONISM ON HIROSHIMA BOMB
Next August, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the National Air and Space Museum in Washington is preparing an exhibit. On display will...
HEALTH CARE REFORM WILL COST MORE THAN WE CAN EVER IMAGINE
Ever since the Clinton health care reform was unveiled 11 months and a dozen plans ago, it has been dogged by an obvious contradiction: It promised both universal coverage and...
GREAT NATIONS SHOULDN’T HAVE TO ASK PERMISSION
The Clinton administration, preparing for a possible invasion of Haiti, went to the United Nations to ask for prior approval. Sunday it got it. Seems like a simple act of...
FOR A PREVIEW OF CLINTONCARE, LOOK AT VACCINE PROGRAM
Months into the great health care debate, it remains enveloped in a fog of unreality. Everyone has a preferred plan, complete with a finely drawn schematic diagram and no idea...