President Clinton has finally painted himself in a corner over Haiti, and has no more maneuvering room. He tried asking the United Nation’s to do his dirty work, but Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who loves power, wants no part in this show. The UN secretary-general has promised to look the other way. Now, Mr. Clinton has no choice, but to clean up his own mess. If Clinton intends to restore Jean Bertrand Aristide to power, he’ll have to invade Haiti on his own. Continue reading “Clinton in the Haitian Corner”
He Won’t be Home for Christmas
He won’t be home for Christmas. On Monday, Bill Ellen, a law abiding, mild-mannered marine engineer from Mathews, Virginia, was locked away in a cell in the Petersburg Federal Penitentiary after being caught up in the tangled bureaucratic maze of our wetlands regulations.
In 1987, Ellen was hired by a private owner to convert part of his Maryland estate into a 103-acre wildlife sanctuary. That job cost Ellen his life-savings and his freedom. Continue reading “He Won’t be Home for Christmas”
Clinton’s Haiti Policy
I’ve got a big surprise for you, but I can’t tell you what it is. Don’t you just hate it when somebody does that? Someone builds up your hopes only to leave you hanging in mid-air.
I felt just that way after Bill Clinton’s first news conference as President-elect when he announced that he will change U.S. policy toward Haiti, but he didn’t tell how. His words brought hope to hundreds of thousands of desperate people living within earshot of our shore. However, the premature announcement could result in more loss of life for as many as 500,000 people are looking to the President-elect for a green light to seek refuge here in the United States. Continue reading “Clinton’s Haiti Policy”
That Mud Puddle Could Be Hazardous to Your Property Rights
Have you ever had a mud puddle in your yard? Mud puddles are common in places where it rains a lot, but even in dry states like California they do occur. If you’ve got a low spot you can have a mud puddle from just watering your lawn.
If this occurs you’d better go out in the dead of night when no one is looking and fill in that low spot, because your property rights are in jeopardy. Continue reading “That Mud Puddle Could Be Hazardous to Your Property Rights”
The Great Environmental Land-Grab
Earlier in the week an assorted group of Hollywood actors joined a coalition of 70 environmental groups who held a press conference at Playa del Rey to warn us that California is in danger of losing 60% of its wetlands.
The essence of their message, and similar messages being delivered all across this land, is that developers are going to build Hiltons in the swamps, marshes and bogs, and birds will have no place to land. “Say it isn’t so!” Well, it isn’t. Continue reading “The Great Environmental Land-Grab”
Jane Chastain 