The Record, Bergen County, NJ

Pro-Life Movement Rallies Aroudn New Measure

THOSE OF US who believe in the protection of innocent life achieved an important victory last fall after many years of struggle. President Bush signed into law the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act. Even though many Americans were horrified to learn what this gruesome procedure entailed, there was a vocal, well-funded minority determined to fight the truth to the last. In the end, we prevailed over the supporters of legalized abortion, and thankfully, we have a president who is sincerely devoted...

A Graduation Spoiled

EVERY once in a while, a subject that we should have commented on gets by us. Such was the case last week when several hundred parents, relatives, and other loved ones were locked out of graduation ceremonies at Paramus High School. The injustice of the situation - for the graduating students as well as their parents and relatives - was compounded by the fact that the lockout could easily have been avoided by some elementary planning by school officials. Here's what happened: Each of the 290 ...

Your Views

A fine-print how do you do I'd like to thank the Road Warrior for the look into those nebulous fine-print auto lease fees ("How do you spell bogus? Fine- print auto lease fees," Page A-3, June 27).

Congress Still Feels a Draft As Measure Languishes

THOUGH THE DRAFT finally went away, in one respect it never left us. Actual conscription ended in 1973. Then in 1980, the government ordered that young men turning 18 start registering again. Registration, yes; conscription, no. The all-volunteer military, which replaced the draft, would do just fine, the Pentagon insisted.

Clinton Remids Us That Politics Is Always Personal

BILL CLINTON bestrode the worlds of American politics and publishing like a colossus with the publication of his book, "My Life." This may be an election year, but since it began last week with an interview on "60 Minutes," the publicity campaign for his long- awaited memoir has all but driven the incumbent president and his presumptive Democratic opponent off the national sound stage. LastTuesday, its official publication date, "My Life" sold 400,000 copies -- roughly twice the total rolled...

Hold Your Horses ; Do We Want Video Slot Machines at Racetracks?

WHEN it comes to the recently and hastily passed legislation that would allow the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority to lease the Meadowlands and Monmouth Racetracks to the highest bidder, we say: Trenton, hold your horses. The measure is not without merit, but it could well be the first step to introducing video slot machines at the racetrack. Extending that form of gaming beyond Atlantic City would be so drastic that it should be up to the voters to decide - before the Meadowlands a...