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...aide to Louis Farrakhan, delivered his incendiary talk on Nov. 29. Ever since, there's been a slow burn of controversy, finally exploding into the kind of racial brush fire that's become familiar in American political discourse. Here's how it works: 1) a semi-obscure black figure says something outrageous or anti-Semitic; 2) pundits pontificate, word processors whirr; 3) one by one, black leaders are forced to condemn the offending words and the offensive speaker. It happened to Professor Griff, formerly of the politically charged rap group Public Enemy. It also happened to Farrakhan, when he called...
Some Alaskans are taking even more extreme measures to defend their homes. "My family has a large arsenal," says Michael C. Merriner '96, adding, "I'll use my semi-automatic.22 to injure more soldiers." Merriner's greatest fear is "they'll regulate the hunting and fishing. The U.S. regulates it enough. If Russia takes over we wouldn't be able to hunt or fish...
...Deng Xiaoping die, Communism's last major scions will be gone. No successor in either Cuba or China has the same personal sway these two rulers have wielded. In China, by far the more important of the two nations, Communism appears to have devolved into a heavily regulated, semi-legal form of capitalism. Only North Korea, whose development program for nuclear weapons makes the news every week, can take the role of menacing outpost of Communism. Still, more nations than the United States would want to have a hand in the quelling of a belligerent nuclear threat...
...special counsel. But there are questions about the special counsel. Who will be chosen? Reno's only answer was someone "ruggedly independent." Outsiders could agree only on a general description: the counsel should be someone well known and respected, at least within the legal profession; probably retired or semi-retired (because he or she could not be involved in any active litigation); and preferably a Republican. How broad or narrow will the probe be? Said Justice Department spokesman Carl Stern: "We're not going to tell the special counsel what to investigate. He or she is going to tell...
...most people in therapy, the years of big bills and 50-minute "hours" lead merely to healthier, more balanced emotional lives. But for the famous and semi-famous -- for the Roseanne Arnolds, the Suzanne Somerses and the daughters of recent two-term Republican Presidents -- the rewards of painful self-reflection are more quantifiable: invitations to appear on Sally Jessy, book contracts, speaking engagements, invitations to appear on Oprah and so on. For celebrities, personal growth comes with a sense of obligation to suffer all the little inner children to come unto them, particularly if there is a fee involved...