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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 02, 2001

Page

9

Dumb laws persist as lawmakers push odd restrictions

A Montgomery County Maryland law fines smokers up to 750 dollars for fumes entering a neighbor's home prompting critiques of moral policing. The piece compares past and present laws and cites other archaic rules from New York Alabama and Arkansas with a skeptical tone.

Montgomery County Washington, D.C Sane Council Michael Subin New York New York Yankee

Not Road Rage My Teapot Driving With My Child

A humorous memoir fragment about driving with a toddler who demands brainy kids songs. The narrator imagines police confusion with teapot gestures and Tall Man tricks while weaving in a goose incident and a mock arrest for the joys of parenthood.

Hell MacDonald Sophie Miami

Global worries mount over Pakistan, Iraq and Bush orders

A reader cautions on unfolding US policy from Musharraf's fragile hold in Pakistan to Bush's controversial Reagan papers order. The piece notes Northern Alliance advances in Kabul, potential nuclear risks, and criticism of secrecy and civil liberties amid war had to be waged in multiple theaters.

New York Times Northern Alliance Pervez Musharraf Bush Musharraf Kabul Mazar-e-Sharif India Khmer Rouge Abdul Rashid Dostum Iraq bin Laden John Ashcroft Oregon Ronald Reagan Houston Chronicle White House Washington Monument Poppy Bush Ari Fleischer U.S

Smiles and a new Middle East policy path

A column argues for a U S led coalition to topple Saddam in Iraq and restart Israeli Palestinian talks. It cites Afghanistan’s collapse as a turning point and urges patience, broad regional support including Turkey Syria Egypt and possibly Iran, and tougher action against settlements and terrorism.

Saddam Hussein Iraq United States Israel Turkey Syria Egypt Iran Afghanistan Saddam America Saudi Arabia Baath Party Taliban U.S Middle East Tel Aviv Gaza Sharon CIA Sheik Fadlallah

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