Public figures quoted on politics and culture
A collage of quotes from Lucy to Gov. Hodges captures varied views on football, Peanuts, airline service, immigration, Beanie Babies, online voting, Confederate symbols, veterans, and budget policy. Notable names include Lucy, Charlie Schulz, Jerry Jarrell, Monica Lewinsky, Nu Pham, Adm. Zumwalt, Maurice Bessinger, Ed Hammons, and Gov. Jim Hodges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy
Charlie
Charlie Schulz
Atrocities overstated in Kosovo and past war myths
Philip Terzian argues NATO and U S officials exaggerated Kosovo atrocities citing mine shaft myths and unconfirmed killings. He contrasts Kosovo with Rwanda and Cambodia noting evidence gaps and urges caution before war. He recalls Belgian and German wartime propaganda shaping public view.
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Washington
Kosovo
Mark Twain
NATO
Jamie Shea
Belgrade
Kosova
Kosovo Liberation Army
Shea
Bill Clinton
U.N
International Criminal Tribunal For
Yugoslavia
Emilio Perez Pujol
United Nations
Chechnya
Europe
Moscow
CNN
Belgium
University of Louvain
Edith Cavell
Voters weigh debate leaders as 1990s era politics blend
Readers react to the Republican primary debate stressing core issues amid disclosures of sexual misconduct at the White House era. Voters express mixed hopes for Keyes Hatch McCain Forbes Bush while praising overall improvement over the current administration.
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Oval Office
Clinton
Gore
Bradley
Alan Keyes
Hatch
McCain
Forbes
Bush
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Twinkie tax debate stirs health policy and satire
Joanne Jacobs argues against a fat tax mirroring tobacco controls, warning that high calorie taxes would burden low income households while failing to curb obesity. The piece cites obesity costs, insurer coverage needs, and calls for public health measures versus punitive taxes.
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Monica Lewinsky
Steve Dasbach
Libertarian Party
American Obesity Association
Washington
Center For Science In the Public Interest
Policy Analysis, Inc
United States
Journal of the American Medical Association
Joe Camel
Ronald McDonald
Kelly Brownell
Yale
Center For
McDonald's
Brownell
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Charlie Brown
Tom McLaughlin
National Hurricane Center
Jerry Jarrell
Atlantic
White House
Virginia Rice
US Immigration Service
Pt.barnum
Chris Byrne
Dallas
Texas
Bruce Sherbert
Dallas Armed Service
Richard Jones
Sons of Confederate Veterans
North Carolina
Nu Pham
Fayetteville, N.C
Adm
Elmo Zumwalt
Naval Operations
Vietnam
Zumwalt
South Carolina
Columbia
Maurice Bessinger
Aiken County
Ed Hammons
Jim Hodges
Hodges
Charlie Condon
Senuttz
Lewinsky
Scott B. Hunter
Angela R. Nalley
Jeffrey B. Wallace
Scomties
David Boyd
Pujol
Rwanda
The
Wall Street Journal
Congo
Uganda
Cambodia
Philip Terzian
Providence Journal
CSRA
Midland Valley
Baptist Church
Sunset Memory Gardens
Ludlow Lake Road
Billy Tucker
Brookstone
Midland Valley High School
Ge Eva Giacobone Rath
Duesouth.net
U.S
Joanne Jacobs
San Jose Mercury News