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Russian military leaders have expressed concern about US plans
for a national missile defense system. Will defense technology be
limited by possibilities for a strategic imbalance? Is this just SDI
all over again?
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- 06:57am Mar 24, 2001 EST (#1424
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- 07:23am Mar 24, 2001 EST (#1425
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rshowalter
- 07:40am Mar 24, 2001 EST (#1426
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Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu
I've suggested test cases, for making certain key issues clear.
In one case, the situation would involve "centers" at Stanford U,
DC, and some distributed universities; in another case, the
situation would involve "centers" at the University of Wisconsin,
DC, and some distributed universities. Because of technical issues
involved, and because issues of "paradigm conflict" are embedded in
nuclear weapons matters, I think these are well formed test cases,
that have the virtue that they occur in institutions with staff
resources that might be flexibly arrayed for jobs of clarification.
Even so, perhaps these examples are too academic. The examples I
chose may be subject to a more serious objection too -- they may be
too ugly. Another, possibility, if properly staffed, centers in New
York, and seems, in my view, to be superbly titled as A
PERFECT TEST CASE.
This article, by Tanya Luhrmann, has this starter line:
Shirley Wilder sued New York over its foster care
system; the case was settled in her favor, but by then she was
dead.
The article is a review of a book by a NYT reporter:
- THE LOST CHILDREN OF WILDER: The Epic
Struggle to Change Foster Care. by Nina Bernstein. 482
pp. New York: Pantheon Books. $27.50.
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The review starts:
" One of President Bush's first official acts
was to propose that religiously sponsored organizations should get
public money to provide social services. In ways this is an
admirable proposal. Religious organizations can count on motivated
participants, and those in need of help often trust religious
charities more than the agencies of the local government. But
there is always the danger that the religious organizations will
favor their own, or impose their own moral views on their clients.
''The Lost Children of Wilder'' is a brilliantly researched
account of an attempt to make the New York City foster care system
fair for all its children. Obviously Nina Bernstein's book was
written before George W. Bush took office; but it provides a vivid
argument against his plans."
  
 
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