Our View: Government as Net Provider and Gore Tax Debate
The piece critiques a 5 percent interstate tax labeled the Gore Tax used to fund Internet access for schools via the FCC created Schools and Libraries Corporation. It argues Congress did not vote on this tax, calls the SLC unaccountable, and notes constitutional concerns and the push to repeal the levy while acknowledging some schools are connected and private groups assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Gore
White House
At&t
MCI
Congress
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Poorle
Schools and Libraries Corporation
SLC
Clinton
Billy Tauzin
Louisiana
Adam Thierer
Heritage Foundation
Thierer
General Accounting Office
The Hidden Line Between Union Victory and Slavery
Joseph Sobran argues that Civil War ties to slavery were not inevitable and explores how a Northern secession might have reshaped the conflict. He contends the federal government gained power to prevent secession and questions the modern relevance of state rights and federal usurpation in constitutional interpretation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
South
U.S
Virginia
New York
Supreme Court
Andrew Jackson
Marshall
John Marshall
Don Feder Hypothetical Clinton China Itinerary Satirizes Beijing Visit
The column parodies Bill Clinton's planned China trip accusing him of flattery toward Beijing and links to the Taiwan Strait crisis. It mocks policies on Tiananmen Square, arms transfers, and domestic issues while imagining a satirical travel itinerary with political jabs and named figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Clinton
George Bush
Tiananmen Square
White House
Mike McC
McCurry
Beijing
Taiwan Straits
Forbidden City
al Gore
People’s Liberation Army
Loral Corp
Sandy Berger
U.S
Comedy Central
People’s Gulag
United States
Laogai
MEFN
Indian Subcontinent
Pakistan
People’s Republic
Long Beach
Chinese Overseas Shipping Co
Strategic Air Command
Midwest
Pentagon
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Dunigan’s People
Jene Mage
Odessamerican
Bit Salter Publisher
Ken Brodnax
Joseph Sobran
Sobran
Arlington, Va
Pron TV
Draperet
Aes Boos
Don Feder
Bill Clinton
Iotic
Shanghai Stock Exchange
T. Boone Hillary
Tyson Chicken
Monica Lewinsky
Plato Cacheris
Kenneth Starr
Middle Kingdom
Feder
The
Boston Herald
Tillmore
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