Gun control won’t curb crime, says William A. Rusher
William A. Rusher argues that more gun control laws fail to reduce crime as most guns used in crimes are obtained illegally. He blames broken families, liberal judges, and plea bargains for ongoing violence, noting politicians use new laws to appear proactive while avoiding real fixes. He cites Moynihan on family breakdown and criticizes liberalism’s stance on crime and justice.
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Goldwater
Daniel Moynihan
D-N.y
Meet the Press
Dan Quayle
Murphy Brown
Gore’s information superhighway proposal faces naming foes
The piece contrasts Al Gore’s push for a national information superhighway with jokes about free video coupons and questions who pays for scientists’ email to students. It notes the movement’s education potential, privacy concerns, and the risk of a digitopoly controlling transmission. It likens the plan to 1862 railroad expansion and questions control and access.
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al Gore
Gore
White House
America
Senate Public Works Committee
California
Cupertino
Monta Vista High School
Rich Amlin
Felicia Chu
NASA
McMurdo Sound
Antarctica
Chris
Donny Cheng
Bremen
Germany
Cheng
Edwin Cheng
Government
Mark Wang
Monta Vista High
Amar Goel
Library of Congress
Mortal Kombat
Congress
Buffalo
Surviving Winters With Unusual Backcountry Wit
A reader vents about repetitive cold weather tips and offers tongue in cheek, outlandish survival options. The piece parodies standard advice with fantasies of skipping work, jetting to Jamaica, meeting a mysterious Gina, and a spoof travel itinerary, ending with a stray note about a Chicago Tribune columnist.
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Helen Trent
Gal
Jamaica
Toto’s
Toto
Gina
Sears
Republicans attack Clinton as 1996 campaign looms
The piece notes Republicans in Congress sharpening attacks on President Clinton as 1996 campaigns near. It highlights Dole and Gingrich criticizing Clinton on Whitewater, crime, and health care, while suggesting the GOP aims to place Clinton on the defensive on multiple fronts.
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House
Senate
Bob Dole
Newt Gingrich
Clinton
Mexico
White House
Dole
Wen
Cole
Russia
Whitewater
Kansas
CBS
Arkansas
Clintons
Richard Nixon
Treasury
Lloyd Bentsen
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Chicago Tribune
Marcha Mercer Scripps
Howard News Service
Janet Reno
Justice Department
Gingrich
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