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Scrapbook DeWayne's World Four years ago, DeWayne Wickham, whose column on the USA Today editorial page occupies some of the choicest real estate in opinion journalism, made a convincing case that...
...The decision states that the plaintiffs have "failed to establish a nexus between southwest.com and a physical, concrete place of public accommodation...
...Into this muddle, some sanity: Last week, senators Jon Kyl and Jesse Helms, and representatives Chris Cox and Ed Markey, wrote President Bush suggesting three propositions that should guide any new policy: First, because of Pyongyang's behavior, the 1994 Agreed Framework is dead...
...We shall see...
...Intrigued, The Scrapbook checked out other Wickham arguments on Iraq, and sure enough, faster than you can say Republican-in-the-White-House, Wickham—like Tom Daschle, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, and many other prominent Democrats—seems to be chasing his own tail...
...Some highlights: When Bush said recently, "Iraq could decide on any given day to provide a biological or chemical weapon to a terrorist group or individual terrorists," and "Alliances with terrorists could allow the Iraqi regime to attack America without leaving any fingerprints," Wickham dismissed those arguments, writing simply, "That's not good enough...
...And Helms graciously paid tribute to his fallen colleague last week, saying, "Despite the marked contrast between Paul's and my views on matters of government and politics, he was my friend and I was his...
...There's no proof that diplomacy works with Saddam...
...Because "if Clinton doesn't act soon to wipe out his biological weapons, Saddam—not Hollywood— will wag the dog...
...inspectors unfettered access to sites thought to be hiding places for his weapons of mass destruction," Wickham maintained, "Saddam trivializes the role of the world body...
...The citation reads: "To Jesse A. Helms...
...When Paul Wellstone first came to the Senate in 1990, he famously bragged that he "detested" Jesse Helms...
...Korea Advice While Washington's attention is focused on whether the Bush administration will get a U.N...
...And one thing hasn't happened: inspections...
...Don't think we need a change in regime there...
...We can understand politicians' reversing themselves so shamelessly, hypocrisy being the lifeblood of politics and all...
...The target may be a neighboring state, or some segment of his own citizens...
...The suit was brought by Access Now, Inc., an advocacy group for the blind, and Robert Gumson, a blind man who was able to purchase a ticket on the Southwest site, but found it "extremely difficult...
...And these days, Wickham argues that "Bush has yet to produce any real proof that the Iraqi leader poses a threat to this nation or our allies...
...Consider the latest from Pyongyang: It is now accusing Japan of breaking its word over the five kidnapped Japanese citizens—currently enjoying their first homecoming since they were abducted in 1978—for failing to force them to return to North Korea...
...Senate, and as Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1995-2001...
...Scrapbook DeWayne's World Four years ago, DeWayne Wickham, whose column on the USA Today editorial page occupies some of the choicest real estate in opinion journalism, made a convincing case that the dog days of dealing diplomatically with Saddam Hussein were done...
...Meanwhile, the folks at the Pentagon have kicked off the Helms tributes by awarding the senior senator from North Carolina the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service, the highest civilian award they bestow...
...And months of jawboning failed to convince him to withdraw...
...But in 1998, after mocking those who favored diplomacy with Saddam, Wickham praised the Clinton administration's bellicosity with a warning that sounds remarkably similar to the one issued by President Bush: "Left unchecked, Saddam will stockpile—and eventually use again—his biological weapons...
...second, North Korea should be made to pay through economic and diplomatic sanctions for its decade-long violation of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty...
...third, the only solution to the problem is ultimately a change in regime there...
...Since that column of Feb...
...resolution it can live with on Iraq, the crisis with North Korea isn't going away...
...If ever there was a textbook example of failed diplomacy, it would be the U.N.'s capitulation on Iraq since 1998...
...The Conservative Paul Wellstone...
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...Wrote Wickham: "Clinton cannot wait for the sex scandal to play out before ordering U.S...
...www.so-sue-us.com In a rare victory for common sense, a federal judge ruled last month that Southwest Airlines does not have to revamp its website to make it more user-friendly for the blind...
...But of course decisions about planned deliveries of fuel oil and the ongoing construction of the new nuclear reactors for North Korea need to be faced...
...But when a columnist does the same thing, it leaves us howling...
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...Huh...
...Even more troubling, he may parcel out some of those deadly toxins to terrorists who will try to unleash them on American soil...
...Now there's one for the international law books...
...In refusing to permit U.N...
...The comment says as much about Helms as it does about Wellstone, and while Helms, thankfully, is still around to harass liberals "on matters of government and politics," his will be a quieter voice after his retirement from Congress in January...
...Our hearty congratulations...
...Some conservatives, as they toasted Wellstone last week for his tenacity, ferocity, and eloquence, wondered if Jesse Helms would one day receive comparable treatment from the Left...
...For exceptionally distinguished service over three decades in the U.S...
...Diplomatic efforts didn't stop him from invading Kuwait...
...Or e-mail to scrapbook@weeklystandard.com...
...Back in 1998, however, Wickham lamented the release of the film Wag the Dog just as President Clinton was preparing to send troops to Iraq...
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...It was surprising, then, to see Wick-ham argue in his Oct...
...Still, Wellstone clearly admired Helms, telling friends he wanted to be remembered as the "liberal Jesse Helms...
...10 column, headlined "Congress Must Collar the Dogs of War," that Congress should grant the U.N...
...The Bush team, frankly, appears divided—some pushing the old (failed) approach of "engagement" and others (preoccupied by Iraq, the U.N., and the war on terror) just wishing the problem would vanish...
...District Judge Patricia Seitz ruled that the ADA applies only to "public spaces of accommodation" as specifically enumerated by Congress, such as hotels, schools, and restaurants...
...Only the humiliating military defeat his army suffered accomplished that...
...With a market of 1.5 million blind Internet users to tap into, big sites like AOL have already made provision for the blind, but this latest ruling will give the little guys some breathing room while the technologies get better and cheaper...
...He wasn't done...
...forces into action...
...One of THE SCRAPBOOK's favorite sites, www.overlawyered.com, has been keeping tabs on this long-running fight that pits, well, just about everyone with a website against the Americans with Disabilities Act...
...a reasonable timetable to ensure that Iraq has disarmed—and urge Bush to work with that international body to get this done...
...13, 1998, several things have taken place: Weapons inspectors were kicked out, the inspection team was neutered, and Saddam has doggedly continued his defiance of international law...
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Vol. 8 • November 2002 • No. 9
