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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1997
Page
4
The Daily Telegraph Editorial Board presents the consensus on free speech and press guarantees. Thomas A. Colley serves as executive editor, outlining the board's stance on Congress upholding fundamental liberties and peaceful assembly and petition rights.
The article notes 1.1 million high school seniors took the SAT this year. Math scores rose to a 26 year high while verbal scores lagged. It links math gains to tougher math courses and declines in four years of English. It argues for rigorous English and basic skills to raise overall academic performance.
Larry Hypes, Daily Telegraph contributor, surveys termites as mighty yet humble builders and destroyers, noting colonies up to three million, termites’ shell‑only damage, and their needs for warmth moisture and food, then shifts to spiders and other animals with remarkable senses and brain–body ratios.
Steven Biel urges rejection of a tobacco industry bailout claiming it would immunize big tobacco from lawsuits and FDA oversight. He cites 400000 annual deaths, 100 billion yearly societal costs, and 3000 children starting to smoke daily. He supports stronger FDA authority and disclosure to curb marketing to youth.
Washington observers note House Speaker Newt Gingrich reappears on the public stage during August doldrums. The piece details his self styled Indiana Jones image, recent political near misses, a backbench coup, and a duckmobile campaign gimmick from 1996 along with critique of his self promotion and unresolved questions about his staying power.
Indiana University law professor W William Hodes spent a sabbatical year as a law clerk for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. He describes behind the scenes work at the Supreme Court during a dramatic term, noting the limits on sharing details and the intense effort on major opinions.
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