Peril and Promise in the Atomic Age Anniversary
A reflective piece on the Hiroshima Nagasaki bombings and the birth of the Atomic Age. It recounts the Enola Gay mission, Trinity test, and Manhattan Project, weighs Truman's decision, and debates whether invasion casualties would have been lower than using atomic weapons.
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Japan
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Enola Gay
Humanity
Albert Einstein
James Chadwick
Cavendish Laboratory
Cambridge
England
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Hitler
Europe
Einstein
Franklin Roosevelt
Los Alamos
N.M
Alamogordo
Truman
Harold Agnew
Time
Pearl Harbor
United States
Why The Guilty Conscience on Hiroshima Decision
The piece argues the 1945 choice to invade Japan would have caused massive American casualties, and that Roosevelt’s and Truman’s policies, plus Soviet fear, shaped the outcome. It credits MacArthur’s shaping role for postwar Japan and questions lingering guilt over the atomic choice.
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New York City
Japan
Franklin Roosevelt
Casablanca
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Tokyo
Roosevelt
Europe
Stalin
Tehran
Yalta
Poland
Germany
Moscow
Stalin Cannil
Washington
Truman
F.D.R
Berlin
Eee
Douglas MacArthur
America
Nicaragua seeks $1 billion World Court judgment against United States
Guest editorial argues Nicaragua will win a $1 billion ruling at the World Court for U S support to anti government rebels. It suggests El Salvador should sue for similar sums against Cuba the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact states.
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Nicaragua
World Court
United States
el Salvador
Cuba
Soviet Union
Indianapolis Star
Hippocrates Outdated By Modern Plumbing
The piece argues that medical ethics and practice outgrow ancient vows as science expands. It notes the AHA weighs gaps between prolonging life and prolonging death, urging intra-hospital ethics committees and updated guidelines on brain death, resuscitation, and confidentiality.
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Hippocrates
American Hospital Association
AHA
Special Committee On
Dear Dr Graham Hope for Forgiveness Through Christ
A prisoner asks about forgiveness for murder and the grip of drugs. The response says only turning away from God is unforgivable and urges faith in Jesus Christ, citing Isaiah 55 and Luke 23 to promise mercy and pardon.
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DR. Graham
S.P.T
Jesus Christ
God
Christ
Jesus
Paradise
The Case For A Line Item Veto In Budget Bills
The essay argues for granting presidents a line item veto to remove wasteful pork barrel items from budgets. It contrasts presidential accountability to all voters with congressional accountability to district or state patrons. It cites governors in 43 states as proof the power can work without abuse and urges trying the reform despite potential misuse.
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Reagan
Congress
Navy Yard
South Carolina
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Sen. Kennedy
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