Show J I " !l-- i mndMi ' ' i Saturday October Tl 2003 i A4 J'-- ii The Herald Journal y r- - Our view School boundary d solution well-crafte- I only logical solution Tbe district did not arrive at the a perfect town at least as far arbitrarily Three full days of plan as its school district is concerned were devoted to looking at meetings children would be evenly spread all the alternatives including divid across every neighborhood and all ' the elementaries and building up ing live a short distance from a school new K--5 centers Once it was decidThey could walk to their school ed to redistrict more meetings were which would have an ideal student-teachdield and the boundaries were penratio without having to ciled in based on prioritized input cross any busy streets from parents vReal towns of course are not so You can’t please everybody but homogeneous — not even Logan solution seems to work Two the school-age Young families with — Woodruff and Ellis — schools children tend to live on the west will back to moderate sizes two be side where there is cheap housing Adams and Hillcrest — will Elementary schools there are overund--$ 8 crowded while schools on the east $ stunLte and same anes the : remain side populated mosUy by retirees V and established families with older - ?£ The dstnct wuch carefully children are right at or under capac-f- - projected growth patterns has left room for school populations to grow- as the new demen- Aticoulri onlinccomes - Some students do A V £' addressed by building more schools have cross to busy streets but the where they are needed — in fact a By Jonathan Zimmerman ts collecting public mput on T Christian Science Monitor new elementary school is under er - £ Dissecting Rush’s ‘racist’ remark ' ! con-distri- - s vents us from having an honest discussion about affirmative action and race And dial’s where Mr Thomas ct' i downright wasteful proposition The o district is doing End though V Unless families are willing to' district’s solution is as gbod as it redrawn district boundaries have ire frcMn some parents it’s the gets annals s a quick quiz from die of American race politics In" Philadelphia Eagles quarterback in Sept 28 McN ' Don0 v ’“iy’ ? 'wi & opposition to abortion gun control and yes affirmative action sy But 1116 most qualified”? Please S- X&z' Behind closed doors even Limbaugh Remember him? It’s easy to forget would name dozens of equally con- our nation’s only black Supreme servative jurists who were more wish but I have one simple answer' - minority status Would liberals have lambasted Limbaugh as a “racist”? - Ydurivlew AS- - JjS ft NGDili H 1 called a seer Prophet and seer are the same thing Evidence again Parallel 'Jk-i name America? jshould parish than that should dwindle and perish in unbe-li- ef There’s a parallel between whaf- After Mr McNabb’s lacklusterfe' die world that Thomas was “die most Shared and he went against him -s with his armies to battle and thejtavs r— : undue onedit tiie him one— (ABA) cmnmittee deemed Thonus gave meet in (did did they great angeTj-anqualified” for theSupreme Court meet in tiie valley ofGilgah I Would iteamwo!l msprte of McNabb And 00 yW tonomnatiop but expressly like to know where the valley of Gil-- J f deruedhun the rwell quahfierT des-- r McN-j- £ ever exaggerated in is America? 1st gal located Two members of thecom- as because black he caliber abbs is Y Yignahon mittee even found Thomas fnot qualified ” ' MrBut was - Limbaugh a v Predictably the current President Y bigot of place and is gone about and passed has endorsed his father’s claim a so? racist autofor Bush Are you saying on and gone downto Gilgal Evi- that Thomas was “the most quali- - r matically prejudiced if you suggest that a minority received special treat- - V tied” for the courts And Thomas has ment or consideration as a result of y some hard-cor- e supporters among skin color? I think not Indeed the movement conservatives like Urn- facile use of a term (ike “racist” pre-baugh who appreciate his steadfast Lee L West Nibley ffj - fv ' : - the Jews that it was expedient that one man should die for the people There was no way in his time peri-ohe could have known about ‘ Caiaphas unless it was copied from the Bible That would mean Nephi knew about Christ before he came to earth as a baby 600 years or better into the future I am sure Ray Brown will believe Nephi’s story Here’s ' some more that Nephi wrote This ' time 2nd Nephi Chapter 4 verse 17: O wretched man that I am yea my: heart sorroweth because of my flesh my soul grieveth because of mine iniquities Another parallel Romans Chapter 7 verse 24: 0 wretched man that I am who should deliver pie from the body of this death? 2nd Nephi Chapter 10 verse It America shall be a land of liberty America wasn't in existence at that time: Did Nephi name America? America was named by an Italian by the name of Vespucci He was an explorer and navigator He called it Merigo later named Americus Columbus discovered America in the year of 1492 There were only Indians on the land at that time History books tell us that Mosiah Chapter 8 verse 15: And the king said that a seer is greater than a prophet 1st Samuel Chapter 9 verse 9: Before time in Israel when a man went to he spakes come inquire of God-thuand let us to the seer for he that is now called aprophet was before time &VX& fcCT rf CAN KUTItE CUOU£-lf- V KX& NT BUT TUNT DOESN'T 'foyR KIND 'NCUPNGD acknowledge a basic fact: In rare ' instances American minorities ' receive undeserved positions of hy :: authority and prominence because of their race Thomas represents one " such instance McNabb does hot But we’ll never have a true dialogue about race in America if we can’t Jonathan Zimmerman author of "Whose America? Culture Wars in the Public Schools’ teaches history and education at New York University : ! ' ' Theater voucher criticism hurtful - To the editor: Boy talk about a slap in the face to the Ellen Eccles Theatre Presents folks They make a kind offer to the community and some people throw it right back in their face (ie the letter to the editor in Sunday's paper) I'm not able to use the voucher since I don’t live in Logan But I attend many of the Ellen Eccles Theatre performances and know that good seats are to be had two weeks ahead of time for mast performances For those who are griping don't go You're not being forced to use the $1250 refund I applaud the theater folks for tiying to give back to the community when it’s increasingly difficult to afford to bring quality shows to Logan The rest of us say thank you and will attend the 2003-200- 4 season as we're able s Non Sequitur about McNabb as anyone who has seen die quarterback’s career statis-':V- v tics will attest But who actually ana-Ooce Linton lyzai th Bryan Earl Hyde Park An untested weapon against press By Daniel Schorr Christian Science Monitor I was once in a position analo- gous to that of columnist Bob Novak today in that a lot of people were interested in knowing my news source As a CBS ' correspondent in 1976 1 obtained a draft of a report of the House Intelligence Com- mittee that had investigated CIA errors and misdeeds I quoted from the report on the air and even showed a copy on TV Then the House under pressure from the CIA and the Ford administration voted to suppress the report and put all the printed copies under lock and key That left me with what might be called the only copy in the free ' world I consented to let TheVillage Voice weekly print the entire text of the report Tne House Ethics Committee was commissioned to find out who had given me the reportAnd ' when several months of interviews and investigation failed to turn up the leaker the cofnmittee subpoenaed ' me to appear in open session I testified that I could not betray a news source and committee chairman John Flynt (D) of Georgia three times warned me that refusing to reply could subject me to being cited for contempt of Congress carrying a jail sentence and a fine In the end the committee voted 6 to 5 to denounce me but not to cite me for contempt You can imagine that I was relieved Now the Justice Department wants to know who told Mr Novak that the wife of Joseph Wilson is an under- cover CIA officer Mr Wilson is the former ambassador who went to Niger for the CIA to investigate reports that Iraq had tried to acquire uranium for a nuclear bomb To the irritation Of the White House he Herald Journal Editorial policy The Opinion page is intended to acquaint reacted with a vanity of viewpoints on matted of puMc importance and provide membere ol the community with a forum tor their views Personal colunins cartoons and lettera from readers reflect the opinions of their writers and creators Editorials under the headtogOur VtesT represent the views of the Herald Journal edHorial boerd Members of toe editorial board: DARREU EHRUCKfcity editor CtNDYYURTHteatures editor BRUCE SMUtypuNsher CHARLES McCOLLUMAnanaging edttor 'tyfti conclusions art men Mfly to Stgatfirtd out of a multitude of tonguu tfum tfirwfi anHjndof authoritative scltctm’ — JufrLurnetJtmJ - came back with word that the report was malarkey To the greater irrita- tion of the White House Wilson went public with an article in The New York Times headlined “What I Didn’t Find In Africa” No one has stepped forward to admit being the leaker At some point Novak may be called under subpoe- na and asked to name his source as I : ' was - ' Can they do that? Well a 1982 statute makes it a felony for a government official to identify an under- cover officer That applies to officials not journalists But if an official committed a crime then Novak was a witness to that crime ' And he could be asked under sub- poena to name his source on penalty of a citatiop for contempt or obstruc- tion of justice I once discussed that possibility with the late William Colby the for- tner CIA director and we agreed that we hoped that this untested weapon against the press would never be test' ed ' The Herald Journal welcomes letters to the editor Potenliafy libelous or offensive totters wf not be puNshed however and the editor reserves the right to edR al totters to conform to the length and style requirements of toe newspaper - Letters should be: Typewritten and double-space- d No more than 450 words in length Addressed and include daytime phone number for purposes of verification Signed by the author indMduato are limited to one published totter within any 30-da-y period Addresa totters to NtottarOhjnawscom Guest commentaries are also welcome and are fun at the editor's discretion American jurist (1S72-1X- |