Hollings Faces Backlash Over Savannah River Restart
The language criticizes Sen. Fritz Hollings for opposing the SRP restart and seeking an environmental impact statement. Proponents say the DOE has met state demands and hearings are underway. Efforts by Rep. Derrick and Rep. Barnard aim to defeat the Hollings amendment with support from Thurmond and other lawmakers.
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Fritz Hollings
Department of Energy
Richard Riley
Travis Medlock
Savannah River
SRP
Senator Hollings
Hollings
Mack Mattingly
R-Ga
Butler Derrick
Douglas Barnard Jr
Dga
House Appropriations Committee
Hollings-Mattingly
Strom Thurmond
R-S. C
Derrick
Congress
Augusta
Barnard
Unisex Insurance Reform Sparks Backlash and Higher Rates
Opinion column argues that federal unisex insurance pledges to end gender price differences would raise premiums. Cites Michigan experience where young women saw auto rates surge and life policies could rise up to 800 dollars per year for under 25, with broader effects on all ages. Claims men would be pushed to higher costs to equalize risks.
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Washington
Michigan
Phoenix Mutual Life
Marcos regime tightens grip as U S bases loom
The report details President Ferdinand Marcos's martial law decrees, crackdowns on labor and dissident voices, and threats against the church. It notes Amnesty International charges of abuses, U.S. reliance on Philippine bases Subic and Clark, and renewal talks with potential terms up to 1.5 billion dollars while opposition grows over sovereignty and nuclear storage concerns.
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Ferdinand Marcos
Philippines
Catholic Church
Marcos
Philippine Islands
United States
Amnesty International
Vietnam
Cam Ranh Bay
Pacific
Subic Naval Base
Clark Air Base
America
U.S
Manila
A Call to Guard Democracy Against Majority Tyranny
The piece argues that voting can be corrupted by faction and bribery and that democracy must restrain majority rule. It cites Mill and Hazlitt on voter qualification and warns that a predatory majority harms both sides. Democracy is a means, justice the end.
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Edmund Burke
John Stuart Mill
Mill
Henry Hazlitt
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