Editorial on Northern Ireland violence and peace process
Chicago Tribune condemns sectarian violence in Northern Ireland after three Catholic children died in Ballymoney firebombs. It denounces Protestant opposition leaders and Orange Order marches, noting Parades Commission rulings and tragic toll, urging restraint and peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Ireland
Ian Paisley
Paisley
Democratic Unionist Party
Orange Order
Portadown
Ireland
Ulster
Ballymoney
Richard Quinn
Mark
Jason
Belfast
Portatown
Chrissie Quinn
Orangemen
Chicago Tribune
Mindless Viagra mandate faces Texas Medicaid backlash
El Paso Times reports opposition to a late week federal directive requiring Medicaid to cover Viagra when medically necessary. Critics say the policy risks abuse and high costs, arguing states should opt out. The directive could cost about 100 million dollars annually, prompting Texas and other states to resist.
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Clinton
Texas
New York
Wisconsin
el Paso
Thurmond a Dixiecrat nominee turns 95 and still aims higher
Fifty years after Strom Thurmond led the Dixiecrats in 1948 he is now the oldest serving U.S. senator at 95. He recalls the 1948 split from Democrats over civil rights as a turn in Southern political life and notes his evolution from staunch segregationist to a long, influential Republican figure.
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Washington
South Carolina
J. Strom Thurmond
Dixiecrats
Senate
Thurmond
Deep South
Minneapolis
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Republican Party
GOP
Barry Goldwater
Martin Luther King
al Gore
House
Newt Gingrich
Senate Armed Services Committee
Europe
Strom Thurmond
Oops and Grace Erase Our Mistakes
The piece argues that errors are universal and valuable for growth, noting famous failures and the idea that God’s grace can erase mistakes. It cites examples from Pasteur to Babe Ruth and concludes with the pastor's note from Aiken’s First Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel A. Roberts
Aiken
First Baptist Church
Theatrical Conservatism and Republican Doubts Explored
A wary conservative laments how party leadership pursues a theater of politics over governance. He cites NEA funding shifts, immigration policy, gun background checks, union dues, affirmative action, and Supreme Court rulings, arguing conservative aims are repeatedly undermined by liberal-leaning enforcement and court effects.
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National Endowment For the Arts
House
Senate
NEA
Congress
Supreme Court
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Angela R. Nalley
Jeffrey B. Wallace
J. David Boyd
Stephen P. Conyers
J Ames R. Bennett Jr
Jack Germond and
Jules Witcover
God
Archaeological Museum
Southern Seminary
Louisville
Wall Street Journal
Fred Andrea
R. M. Macy
John Creasey
Babe Ruth
Detroit
Rembrandts
Aitic
Rembrandt
Louis Pasteur
Goodyear
Fleming
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