Editorial: Culver’s loss and the price of purity in Iowa
The piece reflects on John Culver’s 1980 Senate defeat to Charles Grassley and the perils of political purity. It cites Culver’s stance, calls into question compromise versus principle, and notes how rivals framed him as too liberal. It also compares to Dick Clark and predicts future implosions from doctrinal rigidity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Culver
Charles Grassley
Culver
Roger Jepsen
Dick Clark
Clark
Sens. Clark
Cedar Rapids Library Plan Faces Urgent Evaluation
A proposed Cedar Rapids public library funded by a Hall Foundation gift prompts debate over replacing a central facility with school-based branches. Planners warn that converting abandoned schools wastes space, requires costly remodels, and risks staffing and duplication costs, while centralizing downtown remains most efficient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Hall Foundation
Black unemployment tops concerns amid political tension
The piece cites NAACP head Benjamin Hooks and Urban League’s Vernon Jordan as voices of concern over black perceptions of crisis while Reagan emphasizes boosting the economy. It notes black unemployment rising from 7 percent in 1968 to 15 percent in the present, framing jobs as the central issue over voting rights or desegregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Hooks
NAACP
Hooks
Vernon Jordan
The
Urban League
Ronald Reagan
Reagan and Black Voters in Welfare Reform Talk
The piece argues a Reagan administration should court Black voters by symbolic moves and later policy steps, including appointing Black officials, engaging Black leaders, and using tax incentives to spur private job growth. It warns the outcome depends on welfare reform and real income gains, with mid-term political leverage in 1982.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Kennedy
Reagan
Jack Kemp
Licensing Cats: A Chicago Reader's Tyranny of Tax
The column ridicules David Lee's idea of a $5 annual cat license to curb rabies and deter cat ladies. It argues cats escape taxation, claims cats own people, and recalls an old hunting bill for country cats. The writer compares cats to dogs and ends with a folksy flourish about flood and an easier solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Sun-Times
David Lee
Lee
The
Commission On Animal Care and Control
Cook County
Robert Brown
Anti-Cruelty Society
Mr. Lee
Brown
Virginia House of Delegates
West Virginia
Mountain Dew
Sullivan
Canada
Great Lakes
O'Hare
Mandel Punishment Debated for Non Violent Offenders
Washington opinion piece questions use of prison for non violent offenders like former Maryland governor Mandel. Argues punishment could be more constructive with community service or reform oriented tasks instead of incarceration. صاحب
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Washington
Marvin Mandel
Maryland
Spiro Agnew
Agnew
Mandel
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Carter
Baltimore
Richard Durham defends viable meaning in dictionary debate
Richard Durham critiques dictionary usage arguing viable means capable of living biologically. He cites a medical definition and contrasts it with common usage. John Malone disputes crossword clues worrisome on urban versus urbane and near versus at.
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Durham
John Malone
Malone
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James J. Kilpatrick
Universal Press Syndicate
Morris
John L. Sullivan
Navy Yard
Tom Braden
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Mandell
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