Elian saga deepens after midnight Miami raid
Commentator condemns the December dawn raid on the Little Havana home to seize Elian from his relatives. The piece criticizes the use of force and argues reunification with his father should have been pursued peacefully, while noting the political leverage gained by Fidel Castro and the lasting harm to the child’s life.
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Elian Gonzalez
Miami
Elian
Florida
Little
Havana
Juan Miguel Gonzalez
Justice Department
United States
Land of the Free
Brave
Juan Miguel
Janet Reno
Gonzalez
Washington
Fidel Castro
Ms. Reno
U.S
Cuba
NRA rhetoric on Clinton masks gun law failures in push for reform
Allen Rostron of the Center to Prevent Handgun Violence argues the NRA uses inflammatory accusations to distract from weak gun laws and enforcement gaps. He cites rising prosecutions and loopholes, urging both stronger laws and robust enforcement, and notes Clinton’s proposed $280 million gun-case initiative.
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Washington
NRA
Clinton
ATF
Allen Rostron
Legal Action Project
Center To Prevent
CPHV
Eye Street NW
Washington, D.C
Clinton Gun Control Debate Focuses on Personal Freedoms
In Dallas a commentator questions President Clinton on gun control, accusing him of misrepresenting the facts. The piece mocks political doublespeak and references a satirical take from Saturday Night Live as part of the gun safety debate.
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Dallas
Clinton
Tommie Flanegan
Saturday Night Live
Clinton Gore gun politics sparks fiery debate and lawsuits
The piece satirically contrasts Clinton's gun proposals with NRA counterpoints and cites lawsuits by 30 municipalities against gunmakers. It notes S&W settlements, Ruger and Beretta resistance, and cites defensive gun use value while contrasting liberty rhetoric with policy outcomes. It ends with authors Morgan Reynolds and H Sterling Burnett.
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Clinton
NRA
Clinton Justice Department
Gore
Cleveland
Smith & Wesson
S&w
Ruger
Beretta
Jeff Reh
Bill Clinton
al Gore
Thomas Jefferson
Defending Relationship Equality Against Champlin’s View
A reader rebuts Carl Champlin’s April 12 piece arguing relationship dynamics are not defined by dominance across races sexes or systems. The letter defends birth control access abortion rights Roe v Wade justice history and domestic violence as multifaceted and non dominion driven.
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Mr. Champlin
Roe v. Wade
Champlin
Chamblin
Carl Champlin
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Scott B. Hunter
Jeffrey B. Wallace
Ellen C. Priest
Garth R. Groshans
James R. Bennett Jr
J. David Boyd
Morgan O. Reynolds
Texas A&m University
H. Sterling Burnett
National Center For Policy Analysis
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