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Friday,
November 2, 2001 Editorial |
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Safety
Check Airport
and airplane security has been a concern of both the public and
the government since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. However, a
big problem involves how to make airports and flying safer. |
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New
strategy needed in war on terrorism Lately, I’ve
found myself strangely quiet when the war in Afghanistan is discussed.
Like many other Americans, I was a flag-waving hippy hater in the
weeks after Black Tuesday. Armed with the excuse that we were bloodied
on our own soil, I was willing to put our fortunes firmly in the
lap of the president and let him and his advisers take care of me.
Lately, though, I’m beginning to fall out of love with our
military campaign. |
Patriot
Act should scare you What’s
scarier than your tuition bill? How about having all your cell phone,
instant messenger and e-mail messages intercepted and monitored
by the federal government? Under the newly passed Patriot Act, effective
today, the government now has broad policing powers to do so, with
virtually no judicial review to check possible abuses. |
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Restricting
visas not real prevention
U.S. Senators
Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) are working to
improve shortcomings in the nation’s visa system. They introduced
a bill to strengthen counter-terrorism efforts, but are taking the
wrong approach. |
Absence
of Twin Towers more disturbing than presence Every one of
us took skittish, tentative baby steps into the world after Sept.
11. And although quite a few of us would rather to turn tail and
run whenever we see a mail truck at the moment, it would appear
that America is at least attempting to wade into the shallow waters
of the “new normalcy” our government is so steadfast in
promoting. |
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