Carter policy under fire from Buckley on rights record
William F Buckley Jr surveys Carter's first year in office criticizing arms concessions in the Soviet arena and U S policy in Africa Europe the Middle East Asia and China. He highlights Cambodia and Taiwan as key human rights failures and questions overall American international leadership.
Carter’s foreign policy judged by past U S actions
The piece argues Jimmy Carter is an amateur in foreign policy, preferring ideals like human rights over secret leverage. It recalls earlier U S actions classified as secret, sudden, and coercive, and contrasts them with Carter’s more open approach, urging memory of those past harms.
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Way with words Beware the ir By Theodore M Bernstein
A New York Times Syndicate column explores word usage focusing on the term irregardless, its nonstandard status, and the distinction from irrespective. The piece also discusses the verb go in context, Latin roots of damn, and how language prompts reader reactions.
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