Grace panel calls for cutting government waste and reform
J Peter Grace leads a panel from the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control. He argues for aggressive debt collection and program reform to curb spending. He cites $301 billion owed to the government, $38 billion delinquent, and $124 billion spent on means tested programs. He says private techniques could raise $8 billion in three years and cut interest costs by $1.2 billion. He notes poverty programs failed to lift all households and could have funded deficits.
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Supreme Court backs home video taping for personal use
The Supreme Court ruled that over 5 million Americans may videotape television programs at home for personal use, overturning a lower court that banned all unauthorized recording. It preserves consumer rights while distinguishing private taping from piracy, noting advances in technology and the need to balance protection with public access.
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Uncle Sam and the world burden in Reagan era
Woodrow Wilson era cautions echo as Vermont Royster critiques U S overseas commitments. The piece lists U S forces abroad from Greece to Vietnam, Korea, Europe, Japan and the Philippines and argues the federal budget cannot sustain all such spending. It questions how much the American taxpayer can bear before strength is eroded.
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Royster
Wall Street Journal
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Turkey
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Central America
Reagan
Lebanon
Super Bowl Hype and America’s Hunger for Giants
A reflective view on the 1984 Raiders Redskins game and the culture surrounding super everything. The piece links football heroics to politics, media, and technology, noting Marcus Allen as a current hero and questioning the lasting value of star power and the concept of being “super.” The essay suggests heroes are beyond ordinary limits, shaping culture yet potentially fading as memories.
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William French Smith
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Reagan
Tom Flores
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Navy
Robert Goodman
California
U.S
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Letters to the Editor at the Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard invites signed letters with a return mailing address for publication. Anonymous submissions are rejected. Legibility preferred. typewritten letters are encouraged. All letters may be edited for space clarity taste and libel concerns.
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Aiken Standard
P.O
Aken
Education as SC’s No 1 problem calls for revival
Guest editorial argues South Carolina ranks low in scholastic scores and income due to decades of policy shifts since the 1960s. It blames federal reforms, busing, and social change for weaker discipline and learning, notes high youth incarceration, and urges restoring robust school funding and reform to enable future prosperity.
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Washington, D.C
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