Meaning of Solzhenitsyn Provokes Western Silence
The guest editorial reviews Alexander Solzhenitsyn as a rare moral witness whose truth about Soviet repression unsettles many in the United States. It argues his presence exposes liberal relativism and challenges Western complacency, elevating his role in moral history beyond his rhetoric.
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Soviet Union
Mr. Solzhenitsyn
United States
Solzhenitsyn
Ford
White House
Kremlin
Sone
Mikhail Sholokhov
Russia
Khrushchev
New York
Man Himmelf
Quote on education and love of learning by John A Miles Jr
In National Review's July 18 piece Educational Malpractice, John A Miles Jr of the University of Montana argues professors must love learning beyond pay or risk producing philistine students. He warns educators who lack passion will harm children’s education and stresses that true teaching requires a perpetual student mindset.
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United States
John A. Miles, Jr
University of Montana
National Review
Congressional deception and a proposed antifalsehood law
The piece argues for antifalsehood legislation to deter Congress misleads by officials. It cites Kleindienst and Kissinger, notes perjury and subpoenas, contends deception undermines the Constitution, and envisions penalties including imprisonment for lying to Congress.
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Washington
Richard Kleindient
Patrick Griv
Richrd Helms
Allen Dutles
J. Edgar Hoover
Henry Kissinger
Esch Hay
Congress
Center of
Policy Research
Amitai Etzioni
Columbia U
Center
Greason
U.S
Ady
Kreindienst
Judiciary Committee
Nixon
ITT
Kleindienst
Senate
Justice Department
Yalling
Arizona
Harvard University
Dick Kleindienst
Will Rogers Says Measure of College Girls
Will Rogers quips on measuring college girls, comparing today’s coeds to those of fifty years ago. The joke touches on perceived increases in size and capacity, wryly noting the era's changing standards and attitudes.
Bribery Abroad Plagues American Businesses
Paul Harvey cites a string of examples from Wall Street Journal reports and industry cases showing American firms paying bribes to public officials to win contracts overseas. The letters describe methods from direct wallet handoffs in Thailand to inflated supplier prices in the Middle East and Asia, noting that bribery is widespread and often institutionalized in pursuit of profits and licenses.
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Pentagon
Fir
Japan
Gulf Oil
North- Tp Aviation
Nigeria
Conservative policy vows keep free enterprise intact in new right bid
M Stanton Evans argues against allying with Wallace Democrats to broaden a base for Reagan Republicans. He warns that sacrificing free enterprise and personal liberty for a social issue coalition would ruin ethics and fail to win votes. He urges targeting working and middle class victims of the welfare state to preserve limited government and economic focus.
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Washington
George Wallace
Wallace
New Alliance
Republican
Richard Nixon
Hinto
Nixon testimony fits a long history of presidential subpoenas
Former Senate Watergate lawyer Ronald Rotunda notes Nixon’s sworn testimony before grand jurors is not unique. Across U S history presidents have been subpoenaed or testified, including Jefferson, Monroe, Adams, Tyler, Lincoln, Grant, Roosevelt, and Truman, with varying duties and delays acknowledged.
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Wesley G. Pippert
Washington
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Senate
Lord Harthwicke
Monroe
St. Jam G. Barton
Wirl
Nixon
White House
John Quincy Adams
John Tyler
Daniel Webster
Tyler
Adams
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
House Judiciary Committee
Ulysses S. Grant
Grant
Orville E. Babcock
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
U.S. Steel
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Thailand
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M. Stanton Evans
Harry S. Truman
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Truman
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Herbert Brownell
Harry Dexter
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