Correspondence
Correspondence Thatched Rooss and Dictators Charles Krauthammer's "Under a Thatched Roof, With Warren Christopher" (May 6) was exceptional. What a feat it was for him to clearly decipher and...
...I set out to read Pippi Longstocking after reading her Babar piece...
...However, we cannot rely upon the federal government to solve all of our problems...
...Our eponymous baseball cap serves as a reminder of this goal...
...As a start, we could develop tax havens for firms willing to place SID spouses on accelerated partnership tracks...
...Joe Ray Blalack Houston, TX Destroy the IRS Stephen Moore and Dan Pilla did a fine job in "Audit Hell" (April 29...
...Those who wish to have partial-birth abortions banned should do so at the state level...
...Our project, quite simply, is there to provide positive role models for young and old alike...
...Craig Davidson Rockville, MD Charles Krauthammer's article regarding the shelled Fijian UN...
...membership...
...He then effeminizes Reconstructionist Jews and Unitarian Universalists because they have dared to search for a post-patriarchal conception of God...
...I believe that abortion is the killing of a human being...
...Employers and the federal government working hand in hand can help cure SID forever...
...What a feat it was for him to clearly decipher and simplify what could be one of the longest-running man-versus-man shows in history...
...I deal with a SID-afflicted spouse on an almost daily basis...
...Since the Tenth Amendment became law in 1791, regulation of the medical profession in this country has been a power reserved to the states...
...I would challenge any pro-choice Democrat to identify even one circumstance where he would restrict abortion...
...To them, no restriction is acceptable for age, parental consent, informed consent, or use of tax funds...
...William T. Barrante Watertown, CT Bravo for your editorial condemnation of President Clinton's veto of the partial-birth abortion ban...
...But I dread to think how much worse Assad's behavior might be if he were isolated and ignored...
...Allison R Hayward Arlington, VA Abortion and the States Your editorial "On Partial-Birth Abortion" (April 29) criticized President Clinton's veto of the congressional ban on partial-birth abortions and argued that the ban was "plainly constitutional...
...I write from experience...
...Clinton's heinous act served only a political purpose...
...If he had, he would have realized that one of the central components of "POM" is its critique of the Left precisely because its preoccupation with identity politics precludes the formation of the broad-based alliances needed to confront the problems of minorities and the poor...
...President Clinton's veto was correct, although for the wrong reason...
...The project has grown to include women pioneers of other disciplines-in science, art, politics-and Women Fly has become a metaphor for having the courage to explore one's full human potential...
...The problems begin with his description of the politics of meaning as "POM (as it's called by progressive hipsters...
...Chele Isaac Women Fly, Speak, Inc...
...In fact, Michael Lerner used the closing plenary to address just this issue...
...Twenty-two formal visits and so much attention given to Syrian dictator Hafez al-Assad in exchange for warfare and terrorism is abysmal...
...After all, what better justice could there be for those dedicated to the proposition that American taxpayers are a bunch of suckers just begging to be abused, than to force them to get a job that might actually produce something of value...
...Our hope is that the image will spark a conversation and that the lives of great role models such as the Women's Air Force Service Pilots of World War II, Bessie Coleman, Louise Thaden, and others will come to light...
...Many of us have long understood the pain and shame that accompanies this troubling condition-and your publication deserves to be commended for shedding light on this affliction...
...Readers of this article need no further proof that the federal government has overstepped the authority granted to it by constitutional mandate...
...Chicago, IL Wendy Shalit is a joy to read...
...The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons correctly asserts that "without MSAs, most Americans will be forced into rationed care arrangements profiting special interests...
...The present tax code favors corporations and the well-connected, but not individual citizens...
...Ted Lindsay Westport, CT...
...I agree with the authors that the system should be uprooted...
...Miguel A Faria, Jr., M.D...
...Mark LeVine National Coordinator Foundation for Ethics and Meaning New York, NY Give MSAs a Chance In "A Republican MSA-Bomb" (April 29), Matt Rees is right to assert that "despite Gingrich's wavering, MSAs should get another chance...
...Sadly, there is none...
...Scott A. Barnes Menominee, MI Special Rights for SIDs Iread with great relief David Brooks's article about the troubles of the status-income disequilibriumed ("The Tragedy of SID: Status-Income Disequilibrium," May 6...
...The only possible solution is our immediate withdrawal from the United Nations and its affiliated groups...
...Each item is hand-tagged with biographical information about the woman being honored...
...Rather, this condition should be resolved at least partially through effective public-private partnerships...
...In fact, "The Message of Jessica Dubroff's Cap" has nothing to do with "The Death of Girlhood...
...they offer a chance to preserve the quality of medical care and elicit incentives for individuals to remain healthy...
...My husband and I understand that his problem can be alleviated through my diligent participation and potential partnership in a large K Street law firm...
...It is clear that he felt overwhelmed-and thus scared to death-by the significance of the Summit and the philosophy that spawned it...
...And for those who are ill, MSAs provide security via high-deductible catastrophic insurance coverage...
...To avoid such action is a continuing non-recognition of the basic danger of UN...
...Now we learn Democrats won't even restrict the abortion of a half-born baby...
...While I agree with nearly all of the observations made, I am still left with confusion on what the United States should do...
...Bravo on a thoroughly enjoyable and insightful piece...
...Wendy Shalit told a horrible story with grace and insight...
...And finally Labash attempts to turn the Summit into a cult of personality...
...Conservatives must be careful not to sacrifice one important principle (states' rights) in order to secure another (right to life), when securing both is fairly easy...
...Secretary Christopher does what he is told, although I agree that a sterner rebuff could have been made after the secretary was stood up...
...post in South Lebanon, while interesting and informative, did not conclude with an adequate solution to America's involvement with these "peacekeeping missions...
...Short of abolition of the Sixteenth Amendment, MSAs are the only tool available to level the playing field...
...I don't blame him...
...Congress, however, has no jurisdiction to make homicide a crime, except in the District of Columbia, in the territories, on federal property, or when the victim is a federal official...
...My proposal is that we provide employers of people like me-those who have endeavored to improve the lives of SID victims-with incentives to do more...
...I usually studiously avoid TV network news in general, and People-magazine-style pieces anywhere they ambush me, so I was almost perfectly ignorant of the Jessica Dubroff tragedy...
...If the Summit revealed anything, it was that when people are offered an alternative to outdated Republican or Democratic policies, the despair and cynicism towards politics that pundits like Labash feed off of quickly dissipates...
...A national sales tax should be instituted and most of the 100,000-plus workers of the IRS thrown out into the street and forced to look for real jobs like the rest of us...
...I've been here from the beginning and have never heard anyone pronounce it "POM...
...MSAs are not just a boon for the wealthy and healthy...
...To communicate this rich history, we have created a series of designs that are screenprinted on T-shirts, bookbags, and baseball caps...
...It may have been constitutional under the terms of Roe v. Wade, but it was not constitutional under the terms of the Tenth Amendment...
...When Labash actually raises a legitimate issue-the problem of identity politics at the Summit-it becomes even more clear that he never bothered to read our literature or interview any of the major speakers...
...There has been no constitutional amendment since 1791 granting that power to Congress...
...The Women Fly Project began in the fall of 1990 to generate awareness and recognition of women's achievements in aviation...
...Macon, GA The "Women Fly" Cap Wendy Shalit's article suggests that a baseball cap represents a symbol of social pressure that ultimately resulted in the tragic death of seven-year-old student pilot Jessica Dubroff ("The Death of Girlhood," April 29...
...Indeed, the federal government should provide incentives to ensure that companies that act responsibly to alleviate SIDs are properly rewarded...
...Richard A Schappert Houston, TX Preening with Meaning Matt Labash's mean-spirited, insulting, and inaccurate story on our national Summit on Ethics and Meaning ("The Politics of Preening," May 6) is a perfect example of why so many Americans trust the media little more than they do politicians...
...It is replaced by an optimism spurred by finally finding a discourse that addresses people's concern about values and family issues without demonizing minorities...
...Americans have always had good reason to be outraged by IRS overzeal-ousness, but this latest government scheme should have every law-abiding taxpayer flooding his representatives with calls and letters...
...As things now stand, the tax code discriminates against self-employed persons and those whose employers cannot provide medical insurance...
...As captives of their "pro-choice" constituents, Clinton and the Democratic party are not simply pro-choice-they are pro-abortion...
...Conservatives can circumvent his veto by seeking redress in the state legislatures...
Vol. 1 • May 1996 • No. 35
