A Lesson To Learn From Iran's Post Revolution Rights Violations
Amnesty International highlights 1600 plus executions and torture in post Shah Iran under Khomeini. The piece notes executions of demonstrators for Bani Sadr and cites Soltanpour's death, contrasting Savak repression with the regime's current actions. It urges Western readers to weigh outcomes of replacing one autocrat with another.
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Reagan’s Battle With Leftward Drift and Court Packing
Ashley Cooper argues Reagan’s policies face a long struggle against a Supreme Court seen as left-leaning. The piece traces FDR era tactics, NRA legality, court-packing attempts, and a half century of judicial activism that shifted power from Congress and the presidency to the Court.
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Is Majority Morality a National Guiding Light
The piece argues that the Supreme Court allows communities to set moral standards via contemporary norms, notes the Century Three workshops by Gallup to explore local moral codes, and warns that judges should not impose ideology but uphold the Constitution. It questions majority rule and calls for integrity in Reagan era court appointments.
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Reagan Uses Hardball Tactics To Push Budget Cuts
Reagan leveraged public pressure and personal calls to 19 Democrats to force an up or down vote on a 5.2 billion 1982 budget cut package. He split the bill to blunt lobbies, aiming for more than 140 billion in federal spending reductions through 1984 and a partisan victory shaping policy.
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Should I Become a Minister to Spread Christ
Dear reader questions if ordination is needed to witness for Christ. The guidance: laypersons can effectively share faith. study the New Testament, follow examples from Acts Romans and Thessalonians, start locally, pray for openness, and let life match words.
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