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Whether all this is good governance is beyond the purview of this essay -- and probably this electorate. The only real question is (you ask it, we ask it, the White House asks it): Will the ratings hold...
...There is life beyond Bart. The scamp was the show's first star; his ripostes ("Eat my shorts") became T-shirt slogans. Bart is still the richest Simpsons character, but the purview has expanded to include all of Springfield, with 50 or so comic figures, from the Kwik-E-Mart's Apu Nahasapeemapetilan to the Kennedyesque Mayor Quimby to Krusty the Clown and his sadistic cartoon cohorts Itchy & Scratchy -- a wonderfully congested cosmos each week...
...political power into the executive, legislative and judicial branches, the Founders intended only the first two partake of the creative, dialectical process of law-making. The sole charter of the judicial branch, by contrast, was (and in theory-remains) to interpret the law in a political vacuum, outside the purview of such pesky political concerns as lobbyists or voters. Judges are not policy-makers. They are professional interpreters invested with the challenge of studying leather-bound volumes, not the latest Gallup poll...
...strange turn of events, the Clinton Administration will challenge a court ruling that said the Pentagon's old policy toward gays was unconstitutional. The appeal, which avoids the constitutional aspects of excluding gays from the military, is based on the narrowest technical grounds: whether it is within the purview of the court to order the Pentagon to commission Midshipman Joseph Steffan, an admitted homosexual. The White House says it must challenge the ruling in order to ultimately defend its new and slightly more liberal "Don't ask, don't tell" policy when, as expected, it meets with legal challenges...
...Winthrop House Committee wants to fund only secular social events in their House, it is within their purview to do so--although refusing to give aid to the wealth of religious expression on campus makes that decision open to question. However, the real problem is the characterization of the Christmas tree as "secular." The tree that is in the dining hall of Winthrop House is not a "holiday tree" or a "winter tree" or even a "secret elf tree." It is a Christmas tree, plain and simple. The particular image that the tree inspires for non-Christians...