Exon amendment sparks clash over cyberspace decency rules
A Senate battle over James Exon’s Communications Decency amendment frames cyberspace as needing government control. Critics say the measure imposes vague indecency rules, misreads how the Internet works, and would burden adults and parents rather than protect children. They call for rejecting the amendment to avoid unconstitutional penalties and wasted tax dollars.
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U.S
Nebraska
James Exon
Senate
Sen. Exon
House of Representatives
House
Justice Department urged to press Vesco extradition
The Akron Beacon Journal notes Vesco, once a linked figure to Cuba and the Castro regime, is in custody in Havana on possible foreign agent charges and urges the U S Justice Department to pursue extradition for charges dating back to 1971 including drug trafficking and embezzlement involving millions.
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Robert L. Vesco
Cuba
Havana
Caribbean
Costa Rica
Bahamas
United States
Vesco
Department of Justice
Akron
Ohio
Beacon Journal
Clinton's shift to gradualism on budget reform
William F Buckley Jr notes Clinton's 1996 stance moves him from diehard Democrat toward budget deficit reform. The essay argues the debate will center on how to balance the budget, not whether, and critiques Clinton for softening on tax cuts and education funds while promising restraint on health care costs and defense.
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Bert Lahr
Clinton
Gordon Liddy
S&l
Reagan
William F. Buckley Jr
National Review
Plaid Banner Politics Define Clinton Budget Battle
Jeff Greenfield analyzes how President Clinton faces a fractured Democratic Party and Republican Congress after the budget speech. The piece weighs whether Clinton can unite Democrats under a plaid banner, given GOP zeal for market returns and cuts to public aid, as conservatives push broad reforms.
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New York City
Robert Kennedy
Abe Beame
Beame
Brooklyn
Kennedy
Abe
Ed Muskie
George Bush
Bob Dole
Clinton
Plaid
Congress
Gram
Gingrich and Co
Clinton White House
Horatius
House
Jeff Greenfield
Northeastern commencement speech on free speech and abortion
Nat Hentoff recalls agreeing to be Northeastern University School of Law commencement speaker to advocate for unpopular speech. He details student tensions over his abortion views, the law school’s public interest focus, and a quiet ceremony where patches reading Save Legal Abortion and For Freedom of Choice appeared on graduates.
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Northeastern News
Mariner
Janet Reno
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Leslie Dickson
Nat Hentoff
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Beatrice Webb
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