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Despite the carnage, America stands poised to face an even greater escalation of bloodshed. The growing popularity of military-style assault weapons could turn our streets into combat zones. Assault weapons, designed solely to mow down human beings, are turning up at an alarming rate in the hands of those most prone to violence -- drug dealers, gang members, hate groups and the mentally...
Outraged by FAIR's campaign, some community officials have called for a boycott of the radio stations. In the face of such protest, the stations withdrew the ads. Unfazed, FAIR is looking for other outlets...
...telephone system. The incident was also a vivid reminder of how susceptible America, and the world, has become to computer failures -- natural and man-made. In 20 years of intensive automation, everything from supermarkets to stock exchanges has been computerized. Last week businesses and consumers were forced to face up to a downside of technology that becomes apparent only when the new systems fail. Said Steven Idelman, chairman of Omaha-based Idelman Telemarketing: "When things go wrong in a computer environment, they go wrong...
Antigun opinion steadfastly ignores these realities known to rank-and-file police officers -- men and women who face crime firsthand, not police administrators who face mayors and editors. These law-enforcement professionals tell us that expecting firearm restrictions to act as crime- prevention measures is wishful thinking. They point out that proposed gun laws would not have stopped heinous crimes committed by the likes of John Hinckley Jr., Patrick Purdy, Laurie Dann or mentally disturbed, usually addicted killers. How can such crimes be used as examples of what gun control could prevent...
...Will Schuster and Blackman Going Shooting (Rail Shooting), 1876, the hunter with the gun in the boat is named while the black guide with the pole is not. But a title is not a picture, and in the painting itself Eakins has taken scrupulous care with the guide's face, posture, attentiveness -- all that describes a skilled man at work. If we think Eakins meant "Blackman" as a cipher, we are off the mark...