Gag Rule Silences Family Planning Advocates Overseas
23 February 2001
American conservatism has always paid for its political maneuvers with the lives of the Earth’s most unfortunate, powerless and unable to protest. Intending to reward conservative anti-abortion Americans who had given him their votes, George W. Bush recently dealt a staggering blow to international family planning agencies and women across the globe. "We share a great [...]
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Letter from the Editorial Board
23 January 2001
hen the "Town Hall" debates for the Presidential hopefuls were held at Dartmouth in the fall of ’99, the campus was a bustle of activity. Students of all political persuasions – and students of no political persuasion at all, but who held strong opinions about an issue – participated enthusiastically in everything from holding signs [...]
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The Common Share – 1.2
23 January 2001
Good prisoners are so hard to find. . . No one knows that better than South Carolina Governor Jim Hodges. Over Christmas he found out that his butlers and maids (who also happen to all be convicted criminals, currently serving time) were having sexual escapades for eight months in his home and in the buildings on [...]
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Back Page – George W. Bush’s Advisors Get America Back on Track
23 January 2001
oday’s Itineraries from the New Cabinet: From the desk of Attorney General John Ashcroft 8:00am: Lead staff in pledge of allegiance to the Confederate Flag. 8:30am: Coffee with Assistant Attorney General David Duke. 9:30am: Conference call with God 10:30am: Ring and run Ronnie White’s house 1:00pm: Read memo from President about new efficiency guidelines. 1:01pm: Walk around office electrocuting unproductive staff. 3:00pm: Repeal [...]
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Death Penalty Divides U.S.A. and Europe
23 January 2001
The Council of Europe declares, "The death penalty can no longer be regarded as an acceptable form of punishment from a human rights perspective. It is an arbitrary, discriminatory and irreversible sanction when judicial errors, which can never be entirely ruled out, cannot be reversed." In fact, the Council went so far as to create a [...]
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Forget About Cutting Taxes
23 January 2001
ax cuts, tax cuts, tax cuts: politicians have been beating on this old horse so long I am surprised it did not die a hundred years ago. Yet, there seems to be a common theme in politics these days that crosses most party lines and is important to many voters, one that suggests that the [...]
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Student Activism and American Inaction at the Hague
23 January 2001
November 16-25, two other Dartmouth students and I had the opportunity to join 220 other American students in attending COP6, the Sixth Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Climate Change, in The Hague, Netherlands. The "Student Climate Summit" was organized by Greenpeace USA to exert pressure on the U.S. delegates counter to [...]
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Racist Hovey Murals Not Worth Costs of Preservation
23 January 2001
hen you walk into Thayer dining hall, you are probably thinking about the rumbling in your stomach much more than the bit of controversial history that lies a yard or so beneath your feet. In fact, there is a good chance that you have not even heard of the Hovey murals: many Dartmouth students have [...]
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Ashcroft and Bush
23 January 2001
When Bill Clinton nominated Bill Lann Lee to head the civil rights division of the Justice Department, then Senator John Ashcroft of Missouri opposed Lee on the grounds that Lee’s advocacy of affirmative action might "limit his capacity" to enforce the laws. Ashcroft said Lee’s pledge to uphold the laws was not enough. In large [...]
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United States War on Drugs Targets Financial Aid Recipients
23 January 2001
The "War on Drugs" has been so terribly ineffective that it leads one to question its true motives. Is the goal really to curtail drug use, or is it to segregate society and vilify the disadvantaged? A combination of mandatory minimum sentencing and other unjust laws has led to an enormous rise in U.S. prison populations. [...]
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