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International election observers from around the world should be prepared to help (excepting those who choose to monitor while in the pay of the Ukrainian government). Ukrainians and Westerners should also avoid falling into the trap set by Putin, who - partly in reaction to events in Ukraine - lashed out at the United States Friday, accusing it of seeking a "dictatorship of international affairs," with policies packaged "in beautiful pseudo-democratic phraseology." Putin would like to frame the contest in Ukraine as a Cold War-style struggle for influence between the West and Russia; that is how he understands the world. But that is not what is happening in Ukraine. The struggle there ultimately is not about the West or Russia but about whether Ukrainians will be allowed to choose a government and a governmental system for themselves - whether democratic and liberal values can triumph over a corrupt, heavily centralized oligarchic regime. Finally, the Ukrainians must be permitted to enshrine some of the achievements of the past few weeks in law, providing protections for a free press, an unbiased election commission and other institutions of democracy. The ideal outcome would be creation of a political system in which mass protests are never again needed to ensure an honest transfer of power. This editorial appeared in Saturday's Washington Post. Birmingham in the last 20 years, she pressed, how many has the office investigated? Two, was the reply. Since its passage, Title IX has changed the face of high school and college athletics. More than 3.6 million girls now play high school sports, up from 295,000 in 1972. Women's participation in college athletics has similarly soared. Diligent school officials get credit for some of that progress, but much of it resulted from litigation. Yet, in many places girls are still relegated to chewed-up baseball diamonds, late-night pool practices or lousy coaches. Unless individuals can force redress, these inequities will persist, and a landmark law will wither to a meaningless statement of good intentions. This editorial appeared in Friday's Los Angeles Times. have for the military, especially in a time of war, the right to free speech is one of the freedoms our men and women are fighting for in Iraq. In fact, free speech is as close to an absolute constitutional right as there is in this country. Not all colleges and universities oppose military recruiting, and we hope those that do are applying their policies even-handedly. Moreover, now that the schools have made their point, they should look for a reasonable middle ground that would allow recruiters to approach college students. Likewise, Congress should repeal the Solomon amendment as legislation gone awry. Free speech is complicated, sometimes unpopular and often messy. But when lawmakers forget that it is also protected by our Constitution, it's up to the courts to set them straight. 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Of all the complaints lodged from FREE SPEECH From Page 7 7 service, to recruit on campus, the schools would violate their own anti-discrimination policies. But if they didn't permit recruiting, the schools would risk losing federal dollars. Not only is this a lousy choice, but it also trampled over the schools' free speech rights to object to the military's policy. Congress subverted the right of the university to make the decision and did so under financial threat. While we recognize the strong feelings Americans |