Our View Do Not Blame Columbus On Columbus Day
The column argues against blaming Christopher Columbus for the colonial era while noting the broader history of exploration and conquest. It discusses earlier discoveries, technological progress enabling colonization, and the tragic loss of indigenous cultures, urging reflection on cultural diversity without vilifying Columbus.
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America
National Council of Churches
New World
Atlantic Ocean
Christopher Columbus
Learn Your Homophones From the Bend to Canton
A lighthearted miscellany on homophones contrasts misused spellings with corrected forms. The piece cites examples from several papers and ends with a reminder to memorize homophones and avoid common confusions in everyday writing.
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Canton
Ohio
Jimmy Swaggart
Civic Center
Jimmy
Long Island
Trouble Ahead For President Bush in Budget Crisis
The piece argues the budget debacle weakens Bush with a GOP fractured by Sununu and Darman, amid rising deficits and poor economic headlines. It notes potential appeasement moves like a Kennedy crafted civil rights bill, campaign pivots by Pete Wilson and Prop 140, and a populist revolt threatening party unity before the 1992 elections.
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Hatever
House
John Sununu
Richard Darman
Hill Democrats
GOP
Bush
Teddy Kennedy & Co
Supreme Court
Pete Wilson
Dianne Feinstein
California
Dick Darman
Ben Hooks
NAACP
World Bank
International Monetary Fund
U.S
Journalists Split Over Supreme Court Review of Misquoted Quotations
Journalists wrestle with the Masson v The New Yorker case as the Supreme Court prepares to hear an appeal over whether First Amendment protections extend to misquoted or fictionalized quotations. The dispute centers on Malcolm allegations and a libel suit claiming her reporting altered Masson’s words.
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Wall Street Journal
Ellen Goodman
Abilene
Grand Canyon Railway
West
San Francisco Chronicle
Jerry Brown
Chicago Bulls
Midwest
California
Janet Malcolm
Supreme Court
Masson
New Yorker
Malcolm
Jeffrey Masson
Alfred A. Knopf
Sigmund Freud
London
Freud
San Francisco
Appeals Court
Alex Kozinski
Did We Learn From No-Win Wars
An opinion piece argues the US has repeatedly entered costly wars with unclear goals and outcomes. It criticizes strategic overreach from Korea to the Gulf, notes public weariness with prolonged deployments, and urges leaders to prioritize a national energy policy to reduce dependence on uncertain foreign partners.
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Korea
South Korea
Vietnam
United States
Hussein
Kuwait
Bush
Saddam Hussein
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Ore
Seguin
Texas
Gazette Enterprise
Grants Pass
Chapel Hill
N.C
Associated Press
Florida
Frank
Portland Oregonian
John F. Boyette III
Jeffrey B. Wallace
Melanie L. Arney
Sue S. Brown
Ellen C. Priest
Daniel S. Holland
Aiken Standard
Aiken, S.C
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Patrick J. Buchanan
Black Caucus
Ron Dellums
Berkeley
Congress
Washington Post
Washington
Barry Goldwater
George Wallace
Ronald Reagan
Bubba
ACLU
Willie Horton
Dan Quayle
Mr. B
Eryone
Japan
George McClellan
Jesse Jackson
Mario Cuomo
Cuomo
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Bob Hope
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Panama
Libya
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