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Scene Peripherally
North Miami Beach, Florida 1-12-2000 Aaron H. Schectman
THINKING ALLOWED
Essays on issues, ideas and reflections on the times. Published now and
then. Opinions pro or con are welcome.
SCENE PERIPHERALLY
If you look at the scope of things that are happening today you must squint
your eyes and scan widely to get the feel, taste and aroma of what is going
on. The scene peripherally in the New York Times today, the twelfth of
January of the year 2000 is one of great interest.
Going backwards in time we see further trashing of anti-monopolistic
efforts made early last century in this year's huge merger of communication
businesses, "Merger May Produce the Rival Microsoft Has Always Dreaded".
Governor Whitman of NJ, resting on her laurels in dismantling the State's
public school system, has summed up her "achievements" with charter schools,
a version of a voucher system and upping the chances your child's classroom
will be taught by a "volunteer".
Syrian stalling at considering only that Israel must give back vital Golan
properties while conceding nothing to permanently creating a workable peace
between the two nations - is a continuation of the status quo; further
punishment for Israel for defeating attackers.
The Supreme Court of the United States has turned the clock back by a 5-4
vote decision re-enforcing the concept of "State Sovereignty" while at the
same time refusing to extend women's rights.
I thought that national sovereignty was paramount in this country. I
believe that peace is and always was the issue in the Middle East. It has
always been my concern that more education and more access to quality
teachers are the mission of a state's system of education. I was taught in
the schools of my childhood that monopolistic practices and anti-trust
actions were in the best interest of all the "People", a belief reinforced
when that brilliant but misguided move was made to screw up my telephone
service. As always, women remain the "second" sex.
Carol's Evaluation: out of 10.
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