Is alcoholism a disease or willful misconduct question before the Supreme Court
Washington columnist notes the case of Eugene Traynor and James McKelvey, Vietnam veterans who sought GI Bill extensions amid alcoholism battles. The Supreme Court could redefine alcoholism as a disease, affecting employers insurers and disability status, with medical groups and the National Council on Alcoholism backing treatment over stigma. The piece flags jurisdictional issues, VA rules, and congressional power, urging no firm stance.
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Washington
Eugene Traynor
James P. McKelvey
U.S. Supreme Court
United States
Veterans Administration
Traynor
McKelvey
Alcoholics Anonymous
Circuit Courts of Appeal
Congress
National Council ON Alcoholism
Council
World Health Organization
American Psychiatric Association
American Medical Association
Supreme Court
Board of Veterans Appeals
2Nd U.S. Circuit
High Court
The Day The Stock Market Died
A historical examination of the Oct 19 1987 crash and Oct 20 1987 market collapse. It notes trading halts, banks denying credit, and the swift Fed response. Presidents and analysts reflect on a near-disintegration, with optimism returning as stock index futures provide artificial respiration.
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Wall Street Journal
Wall Street
Merck
IBM
Federal Reserve
Felix Rohatyn
Reagan
Babson College
Massachusetts
Hony
France
Incredible Man of the Year Hart tops Incredible Poll list
A spoof 1987 year in review lists Gary Hart as Incredible Man of the Year after a fictitious poll. The piece names absurd awards for public figures including Douglas H. Ginsburg Mikhail Gorbachev Joe Biden Bobby Knight Ollie North Pat Schroeder and Edwin Meese, lampooning political events and cultural moments of 1987.
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Gary Hart
Hart
Miami
Corpus Christi
Texas
Incredible
Las Vegas
Gary
Incredible Poll
Judge Crater
Douglas H. Ginsburg
Supreme Court
Robert Bork
Mikhail Gorbachev
John McGann
CIA
William Casey
Casey
Peter Holm
Joan Collins
Oral Roberts
Neil Kinnock
Joe Biden
Joe
Biden
Joe Dis
John McEnroe
Indiana
Bobby Knight
Roger West
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Coppertone-Stetson Ecology
Donald Hodel
New York
Barry Slotnik
Bernhard Goetz
Slotnik
Brendan Sullivan
Ollie North
Fawn Hall
White House
Little Matej Gaspar
Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Disneyorld
Cicciolina
Jerusalem
Western Wall
Pat Schroeder
Edwin Meese
Tocqueville And The Uncoupling Of The West
A critics debate the Washington summit's long shadow with Tocqueville as a lens. The author argues that while Reagan and Johnson view risks differently, the core worry is the potential uncoupling of the Western imperium if shared trust falters, not merely military alignments.
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New York City
Washington
Frank Johnson
London Times
Johnson
Ronald Reagan
Alexis de Tocqueville
America
Mikhail Gorbachev
Reagan
Tocqueville
Soviet
Russia
Europe
Imperium
NATO
Japan
Southeast Asia
Middle East
Americas
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Paul Harvey
Fed
ALD Kaul
Tribune
Rex
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