Editorial Summery judgments
Steinfels, Margaret O'Brien
Summery Judgments So much to judge, so little time, too little space. Before it's too late, we offer the following brief appraisals of some of the great moral, political, and social issues of the...
...A prepublication excerpt appeared here March 10,1995...
...Bosnian Serbs, Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic, indicted for war crimes, continue to rule the Serbs in Bosnia under the "can't find, can't arrest" policy of NATO: Find them, arrest them, and send them to the Hague...
...Chernobyl's Unit 4 is still cooking ten years after the meltdown and its containment shed is deteriorating: Not too soon to think about nuclear waste disposal...
...Bob Dole quits Senate, sheds suit, tries for casual: Still stiff...
...Dwight Gooden's no-hitter in Yankee Stadium on May 14: A triumph for those taking life one inning at a time...
...Bosnia war crimes trial opens at the Hague: Good...
...A February 1996 flight led to the shooting down of two planes, the death of their crews, and a war of words between Cuba and the United States: What took so long...
...Danger of widespread famine in North Korea: Send food...
...Whitewater verdict and Clinton reelection prospects: Between Little Rock and a hard place...
...Iraq agrees to conditions allowing humanitarian aid: Good...
...Before it's too late, we offer the following brief appraisals of some of the great moral, political, and social issues of the day"well, actually of the past year"that have so far escaped our editorial judgment and opining...
...Elliott Abrams, who pleaded guilty to withholding evidence from Congress in the iran-Contra Affair, named to succeed George Weigel as president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center: Counter-intuitive, to say the least...
...Commonweal wins three first-place awards from the Catholic Press Association for best editorial, best review section, and best article: Excellent...
...Auction of Jeffrey Dahmer's possessions: Bad, even obscene...
...Auction of Jeffrey Dahmer's possessions canceled: Good, but done for the wrong reasons...
...And Excellent...
...Tupperware's fiftieth anniversary: Durable...
...By 2015 Bombay will have a population of 27 million, Mexico City 18.7 million, and Cairo 14.5 million: What, us worry...
...At least for the moment, Newt Gingrich more or less disappears: Fine...
...Ross Perot: Will someone find the fly swatter...
...Shimon Peres loses election for Israeli prime minister: A lot worse than a surprise...
...Clintons' Whitewater partners convicted of fraud: See, Commander-in-chief above...
...President Clinton on the renewal of most-favored-nation status for China: ''We cannot walk backward into the future": Maybe not, but why walk blindfolded...
...Bill Clinton's lead in the election polls: Remember when Michael Dukakis was seventeen points ahead of George Bush...
...Commander-in-chief William Jefferson Clinton says he's on active military duty and, therefore, need not respond to Paula Jones's lawsuit: Limp...
...The Federal Aviation Administration revokes the pilot's license of a Cuban exile who dropped political leaflets over Havana in July 1995 and who regularly overflies Cuban territorial waters...
...Jack Miles wins Pulitzer prize for God: A Biography: Congratulations to Jack...
...General Khin Nyunt of Myanmar denounces the United States for "attempting to bring Myanmar under its influence through the pretext of democracy and human rights": Another victory for Western imperialism...
...Tridentine Mass celebrated in New York's Saint Patrick's Cathedral: Mostly malum, but great outfits...
...Benjamin Netanyahu elected Israeli prime minister: Hold your breath...
...Prosecutor secretly tapes suspect's confession to a priest in Oregon jail: Prosecutor ought to get down on his knees and confess...
...Major manufacturers announce that they will gradually eliminate grocery coupons: Is nothing sacred...
...Also to us...
...Minimum wage increase: Good...
...Excellent...
...Here we go: Brother turns in brother as Unabomber suspect: Good...
...A colleague caught the omission: Red in the face...
...When does it take effect at Commonweal...
...The ingredients for a Greek tragedy...
...Commonweal begins its summer publishing schedule: Much needed by all...
...Vatican issues list of forty-five recommended movies: Kiss of death...
...Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan will vote to override Clinton's veto of partial-birth abortion ban: Good...
...A draft report from Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbot in January on the future of Russia failed to mention that the Communists might win the June 16 elections...
Vol. 123 • June 1996 • No. 12
