From Cradle To Grave at the Democratic Convention
A keynote critique of the Democratic platform highlights lofty national goals but warns of massive costs and sacrifices to liberties. It questions funding for universal employment, national health insurance, child day care, food stamps, and social security from birth to death under a Carter presidency. The piece argues such subsidies would burden some Americans to aid others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Carter
Walter Mofdale
Jordan
Carter
Mo Udall
Carter-Jordan
A Familiar Type Frank Blair on Barbara Walters
Retired TV personality Frank Blair criticizes Barbara Walters as pushy and interruptive. He believes her aggressive interview style is accurate after watching her in action. Walters commands a salary of a million dollars yearly, plus a chauffeured limousine, a hairdresser, and her own agent, exemplifying show biz.
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Frank Blair
Barbara Walters
Mr. Blair
Miss Walters
New York
Muddle Of Equality And The Equality Law Debate
A provocative critique questions the broad reach of civil rights legislation on school events for families and asks who drafted and approved such rules. It argues the President and courts share responsibility for enforcing broad interpretations and warns of a decline in common sense and good will in government agencies and society.
Democrats Learned Little From Political Conventions
A critical look at Democratic National Conventions shows they retained flaws from 1832 onward. Two thirds rule, midterm mini sessions, and rules battles remain, with personal power struggles and emblematic figures shaping outcomes more than reform. The piece imagines a Carter Jordan ticket and calls for clearer platform signaling and deliberate nomination timing.
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Madison Square Garden
Tom Eagleton
Merkle
Sargent Shriver
McGovern
Hubert Humphrey
LBJ
Richard Nixon
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Teaching Others About Jesus Without Laughs
Billy Graham answers a 10 year old Christian about sharing faith. He urges prayer for nonbelieving friends and relatives, love expressed in concrete ways, readiness to answer questions with meekness, and growing in knowledge of what God has done in Christ.
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Billy Graham
DR. Graham
Lord Jesus
A. M
Christ
Peter
Truman's Upset Recalled in Ford Portrait and Pressure
Ford admires Truman for the common man image and gutsiness, citing Truman's 1948 upset over Dewey to fuel his own hopes. Staff desertions and a lame duck aura plague the White House as Ford faces a tough reelection path while Truman’s campaigning sharpness looms.
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Paul Harvey
Ford
Truman
Dewey
White House
Transportation Department
Truman White House
Washington
Reagan Tax Question Sparks Irrevocable Trust Claims
Ford aides cite a confidential memo claiming Reagan may use irrevocable trusts to funnel income to his children, reducing his reported federal taxes. Reagan denials and partial 1970 tax details follow.
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Washington
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
California
Israel
Uganda
Idi Amin
Entebbe
United Nations
Marion and Fraser clash on Edisto causeway ambush
200 years ago General Francis Marion planned an ambush to avenge Colonel Hayne’s murder. Marion drew 200 men, moved at night, crossed the Edisto, and trapped Major Fraser’s dragoons on the Parkers Ferry causeway. A brutal volley shattered the retreat as bodies and wrecked horses filled the path.
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Dorothy Macdowell
Francis Marion
Col. Hayne
Maj
Fraser
Marion
Edisto
Col. Harden
Parker's Ferry
Milton
Ammuniti
Chelton
Col
Isaac Hayne
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