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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1986
Page
9
The piece argues television supplants reading and imagination, tracing postwar growth of TV from 1950 to widespread presence. It notes boomer generation, multi TV homes, and minimal visualization skills among children, urging concern over lost mental imagery as screens dominate daily life.
Outlook column laments TV dominance over reading among baby boomers and children. It cites National Institute of Mental Health findings and 1981 Iran hostages to urge renewed imagination and daily reading. The author evokes E.B. White and JFK MLK Jr. and shares a dream of widespread book culture.
The Virginia 1786 Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom marks its bicentennial with little fanfare. Jefferson emphasized mind freedom and civil rights independent of religious opinion, a view Madison helped pass, shaping church-state separation still debated in modern courts and policy.
The statement attributes liberty to the gift of life, reflecting a view associated with Thomas Jefferson and his philosophy on natural rights and freedom.
A reader challenges headlines claiming one candidate spent three times more than another. The piece argues that three times as much is correct while times more misstates the relation, using $18 000 vs $6 000 as the example and urging use of as much rather than more in percent comparisons.
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