UFO Secrecy Case Sparks Debate Over Government Files
An appeals court weighs Citizens Against UFO Secrecy lawsuit pressing the NSA for 131 secret documents. The column argues transparency serves public interest whether UFOs prove extraterrestrial, military, or unknown origins, and that withholding details risks greater mystery.
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U.S
Believer Extreme
Citizens Against Ufo
National Security Agency
U.S. Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court
Washington, D.C
Brooke Shields case highlights parental role in teen fame
Brooke Shields, at sixteen, describes her mother’s stance on nude photos from six years earlier and disputes a plan to create a sex symbol image. A New York judge dismissed her bid to stop further use of the images while noting the complex dual life between private adolescence and public allure. The piece criticizes parental manipulation in show business and warns of psychological costs for child prodigies.
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Brooke Shields
Teri Shields
Brooke
New York
Miss Shields
Stockman’s Atlantic interview shocks Reagan era tax debate
David Stockman challenges supply side orthodoxy in a revealing Atlantic Monthly piece. He concedes limits on tax cuts, stresses libertarian aims, and portrays the policy as a Trojan horse for the rich while Democrats push bigger cuts. The dialogue fuels a moral clash over taxation, spending, and the future of conservative economics.
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David Stockman
William Greider
Stockman
Atlantic Monthly
Greider
Washington Post
Reagan Woodshed
Atlantic
The
Post
Hobart Rowen
Rowen
Washington
Steady as you go Captain Reagan amid mounting pressure
Naval metaphor frames growing demands on President Reagan from Budget Director Stockman House and Senate leaders Baker and committee chairs. The article warns against vacillation as tax, deficit, and economic indicators worsen, noting the president must hold fast despite bad news.
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Reagan
Washington
David Stockman
Capitol Hill
Treasury
Reagan Leads on Economic Recovery in Troubled Times
The piece analyzes a widening 82 deficit to 90 billion, high interest rates, 8 percent unemployment, and a failed 1984 budget balance goal. It Defends Reagan’s tax stance, urges steadfast leadership, argues inflation harms more than unemployment, and likens his resolve to Farragut at Mobile Bay with a call for full speed ahead.
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Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Farragut
Mobile Bay
Wars in the Aftermath: WWII Era Clings to Pop Culture
The author reflects on how World War II dominates American culture long after 1945, with novels, films, and TV keeping Nazis and wartime memories vivid. It contrasts WWII’s present-tense status with World War I’s fading past, noting changes in depictions of GIs and Nazis from stark to comic, and recalls cultural touchstones like Hogan's Heroes and The Boys From Brazil. The piece also observes nostalgia in media, mentions anniversaries, and comments on the lingering impact of the two wars on society.
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Rod Serling
Germany
Japan
Moscow
California
Laurence Olivier
Dustin Hoffman
Burma
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Air Force
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Los Angeles Times Syndicate
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O'Neill
Denver Post
Dist
Field Newspaper Syndicate
James J. Kilpatrick
Rsal Press Syndicate
Mr. Reagan
Horatio Hornblower
C.S. Forester
Hornblower
White House
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Theodore Roosevelt Jr
Brazil
Dr. Mengele
Russell Baker
New York Times Service
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