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Despite its reputation for loosening the restraints on sexual expression, the Supreme Court in recent terms has been making things easier for the anti- obscenity prosecutions. The court recently upheld an Ohio law that made it illegal to possess child pornography. Last year it okayed the use of powerful racketeering laws to seize the assets of pornographers...
Infantry evolved from the French word for child, reflecting the childlike state of compliance an officer instills in his troops. Soldiers are taught to obey unquestioningly. Children, less accustomed to independence than adults, are more tractable. And though a 13-year-old may not possess the strength of a soldier ten years his senior, this is the age of the AK-47 and the M-16, lightweight weapons a youngster can be taught to use as easily as an adult. Historian John Keegan calls the M-16 "the transistor radio of modern warfare" and argues that it has changed...
Though the popularly elected Commons does possess the constitutional power to prevail eventually, the obstreperous naysaying of the upper house served as a reminder that their Lordships still are not quite toothless...
While X-rated videos have become popular among many Americans, public tolerance for sexual materials rarely extends to the viewing of child pornography. The latter is a much more furtive activity. Until last week, however, it was unclear whether the Constitution permitted a state to outlaw at-home possession of child pornography. In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court answered that question by upholding a tough Ohio law that makes personal possession of child pornography a crime. Writing for the majority, Justice White said that Ohio legitimately sought to "destroy a market for the exploitative use of children...
...inflammatory rhetoric showed that tempers are still hair-trigger short in the Middle East -- while arms proliferation speeds virtually uncontrolled, rendering the region a tinderbox. Not only Iraq, but also Egypt, Iran, Israel, Libya and Syria have chemical weapons, and all possess the means to deliver chemical warheads to enemy targets, either by missile or by aircraft. Suddenly, Israel's long-presumed nuclear capability, still a monopoly despite Saddam's best efforts, does not seem to be an effective deterrent. "The situation is similar to the balance between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in the mid-1950s," says Gerald...