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...Saturday afternoon, the promise of a full and fair count was over--with the unlikeliest of villains to blame. By a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court, visibly splintered along ideological and partisan lines, ordered Florida to cease all vote counting until the court has a chance to rule on Texas Gov. George W. Bush's appeal. This ruling runs contrary to state and federal laws that require voter canvassing boards to do what whatever they can--not just with machines--to determine a voter's intent. Furthermore, the decision virtually guarantees that votes will not be counted...
...larger group of men--especially those from lower-income families--might be heading straight from high school into fields like aircraft mechanics and telephone- and power-line repair that pay an average of $850 a week rather than taking on a load of college debt. Some social critics blame a dearth of male role models among schoolteachers, and a culture that promotes anti-intellectualism among boys. And, especially in inner cities, crime and gangs entice more boys than girls away from learning...
When the current crisis began several weeks ago, the host of ABC's talk show "Politically Incorrect," Bill Maher, suggested that Palestinians in the Occupied Territories and Arabs throughout the Middle East had only themselves to blame for their predicament. After all, he said, there are 22 Arab states, and the Palestinians could just go to one of them instead of laying claim to Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank...
This habit of thinking about the Middle East leads to a dangerous lack of empathy for particular groups in the Arab world. Over the last few weeks, I have heard people blame the Palestinians for the Israeli crackdown, saying that Palestinian protesters are the ones throwing the rocks, so they should suffer the consequences. Consequences maybe, but what kind of consequences? How far can a nation go in putting down an uprising...
...attacked the police (which they did in L.A.). Now imagine that in response, the United States called in the army to restore order, firing on civilians with live ammunition, and using Apache helicopters and anti-tank missiles to destroy neighborhoods. Would anyone think this was reasonable? Would anyone blame the rioters for the government's reaction? Would we see 120 dead rioters as bearing the blame for what happened to them...