Budget cuts urged as Iowa lawmakers weigh shortfall
Bipartisan group proposes sweeping reductions to save at least 25 million next year and up to 100 million annually, prioritizing bureaucratic cuts over program eliminations. Recommendations include merging mental health facilities, reforming Medicaid, cutting welfare paperwork, restructuring courts and schools, and reducing prison capacity.
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Orlando Sentinel columnist critiques Clinton era policy on Iraq and North Korea
Peter A. Brown argues that Clinton failed to confront Iraq and North Korea, cites U.N. inspections and 1990s diplomacy, warns against appeasement, and emphasizes need for decisive action and broad coalition. He notes public hesitation and the role of American voters in shaping foreign policy stance.
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Godless dogma may spell our ruin
In a Dec 19 Gazette column James A. Haught critiques Darwinian ethics and evolution’s role in world peace. He argues naturalism rests on weak foundations and attributes human brutality to a primitive brain while warning Western civilization could falter without providential guidance. Gene R. Brodrecht, Marion.
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Subdivision Flood Woes Prompt Debate Over Upstream Retention Plan
Neighbors question the Sun Valley expert's qualifications and the feasibility of a retention basin on County Home Road. Critics warn against confiscating private land to reroute Indian Creek drainage, while funding via grants or taxes is debated. The author notes long-standing farmsteads avoided floods and suggests developers and officials bear responsibility.
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Editorial Urges Ban on Human Reproductive Cloning
The Dallas Morning News editorial calls for a global ban on reproductive cloning amid claims by the Raelians of cloned babies Eve born December 26 in the United States and a second birth in the Netherlands. It argues crossbreeding concerns and ethics justify a focused treaty banning reproductive cloning, with an international framework targeted for this fall.
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