Fox's border plan deserves reader attention
Editorials argue Vicente Fox's open borders and cooperative economic ideas, while premature, could reshape US Mexico ties. They caution US policy, urge legalization of seasonal workers, and favor humane borders over a long barbed-wire fence, noting NAFTA's broader economic role. The piece credits Fox for sparking debate.
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Vicente Fox
Mexico
United States
Mr. Fox
Arth
America
Congress
Morever
Thought for today quote from Zelda Fitzgerald
A compact reflection notes Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald’s view that American advertising embodies the infinite promise behind childhood dreams. The line frames advertising as a guiding ideal in American cultural imagination.
Ray eyes September release on Clinton probe timing
Kenneth Starr successor Robert W. Ray plans a third report on the Clinton investigations, aiming for mid-September or soon after, risking impact on the New York Senate race between Hillary Clinton and Rick Lazio. Critics say a delay would preserve credibility and let voters decide on the public record.
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Kennethy Starr
Robert W. Ray
Clinton
Ray
Neil A. Lewis
Times
New York
Rick Lazio
Whitewater
Stem cell ethics and policy shape the stem cell debate
Editorial argues embryonic stem cell research could relieve disease but raises moral questions. NIH guidelines permit federally funded work using embryos slated for destruction under consent and oversight, seen by supporters as a compromise and by opponents as an end run around bans. The piece urges renewed ethical inquiry to balance moral status of embryos with potential medical breakthroughs.
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National Institutes of Health
Othrs
George W. Bush
NIH
Sam Brownback
R- Kan
Jay Dickey
R-Ariz
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
National Health Council
American Association For Cancer Research
Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation
Clinton
al Gore
Destroying life for research immoral
A congressional statement denounces NIH stem cell guidelines permitting embryonic destruction. It argues embryos are persons deserving protection, calls the policy immoral and illegal under 1996 federal funding bans, and urges pursuit of adult stem cells and other nondestructive research paths.
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Congress
Department of Health and Human Services
NIH
Washington Post
Associated Press
Rediscovering a childhood passion in the darkroom
Philip Lord, city editor of the Aiken Standard, recounts returning to his first love photography while preserving family history in a darkroom project. He recalls learning camera work from relatives, early journalism ambitions, and guiding his son Alec as they develop old negatives for Gail McCutcheon’s family 80th birthday display.
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Charleston Post and Courier
Gail McCutcheon
Gail
Alec
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