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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 2005
Page
8
Middletown Journal notes Edwina Blackwell Clark as publisher and M David Goodwin as editor with Michael Williams serving as editorial page editor.
A columnist notes the rise of reality based coverage of Michael Jackson and Martha Stewart. Cable channels simulate trial highlights with actors, reflecting a broader fascination with public figures under duress and the paradox of obsessing over obsession itself.
The House ethics panel sits as an ethics free zone after a revolt by five Democrats on the ethics committee led by Rep. Alan Mollohan. Republicans reshaped rules to tilt against Democrats, leaving a stalled process that risks calls to clear De Lay ethics questions. Mollohan and Rep. Shays co sponsor a resolution urging broader GOP reforms and bipartisan renewal.
The House Government Reform Committee led by Rep. Tom Davis and Rep. Henry Waxman plans a steroid hearing targeting baseball and players. Samuel Canseco, Mark McGwire, and Sammy Sosa are subpoenaed, while Barry Bonds is not. Critics say the move risks overreach and politics, not lawful inquiry.
Tom Teepen notes Bush’s aim to spark democratization in the Muslim Middle East faces uneven progress. Libya has halted nuclear aims, Syria pledges to remove Lebanon occupiers, Mubarak opens elections, and Palestinians and Israelis talk, yet instability remains. The Iraq outcome tempers optimism as reform risks backsliding amid sectarian and insurgent threats.
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