Editorials NCAA issues threat to S C flag row
The NCAA warned South Carolina it will bar post season events if the state does not remove the Confederate flag from the State House dome. The piece argues the NCAA oversteps by influencing state policy and notes other states still display Confederate symbols. It questions consistency and calls for resolution within the legislature.
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South Carolina
NAACP
Palmetto
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Greenville
Senate
House
State House
NCAA
Capitol
Georgia
Mississippi
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Term limits spark debate on voter choice and power shift
The Herald Journal argues term limits restrict voters rights by limiting who they can elect. Proponents push limits on groups and bodies, while critics warn power shifts to unelected bureaucrats and voters lose selection options.
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Spoartanburg) Herald-Journal
Internet tax freedom debate risks state revenue and fairness
The piece argues against federal limits on state sales taxes for online purchases. It warns online tax avoidance hurts public services and shifts burden to other taxpayers. It calls for a unified state tax base and rates to ensure online retailers collect and remit taxes like brick and mortar stores.
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Washington
US Congress
Newt Gingrich
America
Internet Tax Freedom
Congress
Highway to Parking Lot Aims for Internet Taxes
Governors and big-city mayors push taxes on Internet sales to fund state budgets. Such levies risk eroding free Web services and tools, including Online.Nowcom founder Bracken Cherry’s free directory that funded itself by selling ad space.
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Tokyo
America
Bracken Cherry
Nowcom
Idaho
OnLineNow and the Internet Tax Debate
The piece argues that two click access to global businesses made OnLineNow a hit but warns Internet taxes could kill many sites by reducing advertising revenue. It notes online commerce mirrors mail order and stresses telecom taxes fund major revenue streams, urging against risky e tax policy.
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OnLineNow
Moscow
India
Japan
Cherry
OnLineNow.com
America
Bracken Cherry
Notable Think Tank Scholars Highlight Workers' Issues
Max Sawicky, a senior analyst at the Economic Policy Institute, is quoted on workplace concerns. Susan Pompian, an international travel writer and author of Tokyo for Free, provides global travel perspectives.
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Max Sawicky
N.st
The
Economic Policy Institute
Susan Pompian
Tokyo
Politics of Vietnam still shapes American politics today
A retrospective notes how the Vietnam era transformed U.S. politics, creating passion over civil rights and war that long influenced elections. It contrasts 1960s activism with today’s focus on taxes, markets, and the internet, arguing the Vietnam syndrome lingers in caution about foreign entanglements.
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Washington
Vietnam
Saigon
al Gore
George Bush
Lyndon B. Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Congress
Johnson
Gulf of Tonkin
Senate
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Lyndon Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Chicago
South Dakota
George S. McGovern
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
George W. Bush
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