Opposition to Age Rules Mirrors Free Market Faith
The piece argues against government bans on mandatory retirement, criticizing anti discrimination zeal and federal mandates. It asserts stereotypes in media exist for profit but rejects government overreach, urging private sector judgment over regulation to preserve entrepreneurial freedom while reducing discrimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Pepper
House Committee On Aging
Mr. Pepper
Pepper
Algeria
Jimmy Carter
U.S
Panama Canal
L Hayakawa
R.galli
Canal Zone
Evans Novak Muzzling The VOA
A Polish newspaper published a US ambassador letter defending Carter human rights policy prompting VOA to suppress the text in Polish broadcasts. Ambassador Davies lobbied, VOA chief Straus delayed, amplifying USIA tensions and spurring debate on VOA autonomy and press freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carter
Poland
Voice of America
VOA
Warsaw
Richard Davies
Polityka
State Department
YOA
Total
U.S. Information Agency
USIA
John
Reinhardt
Davies
Edward Gierck
Radio Free Europe
Radio Liberty
U.S
Reuters News Service
Moscow
Belgrade
Manhattan
Peter Straus
Straus
USIR
Soviet Union
Astern
Europe
America
Mobile
Ala
Kenneth R. Giddens
Serban Vallimarescu
Henry Kissinger
Vallimarescu
Giddens
Greece
Voice
Charles Percy
Senate Foreign Relations
Percy
Science of the Faith? FBI raids on Scientology
James J. Kilpatrick critiques government probes of the Church of Scientology. He notes 134 FBI agents raided three church offices in Washington and California, seizing materials. He highlights FOIA gains and a multi‑agency, decades‑long federal campaign, while defending the church’s right to religious practice and questioning the legality of the investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
FBI
Church of Scientology
California
FHI
FOIA
Scientology
United States Air Force
Lowry Air Force Base
Colorado
Usaf Office of Special Investigation
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Air Force
Bureau of Customs
Government raids of church tests First Amendment in 1980s case
January 1983 saw two large vans escorted by motorcycle police at Washington church headquarters. Government agencies seized 3 tons of material including 5,000 books, 20,000 pamphlets, and 65 E meters. A decade of litigation ended with courts ruling the raid unconstitutional abuse of power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
CIA
Post Office
FBI
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
National Security Agency
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Scientology
Panama Canal Pact Heralds New Era in Hemispheric Ties
Carl T. Rowan argues the U.S. Panama Canal agreement ends a long dispute and signals a broader shift in world leadership. He credits negotiators Ellsworth Bunker and Sol Linowitz, urges ratification, and frames the deal as a move toward decolonization, equality, and stable U.S. ties with Latin America while criticizing past racism and colonialism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
Panama
Panama Canal
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Asia
Africa
Latin America
Russia
St Paul
Robeson
Rhodesia
Namibia
South West Africa
South Africa
Canal
U.S. Canal
Canal Zone
Ellsworth Bunker
Sol Linowitz
Portugal
Angola
Mozambique
France
North Africa
Netherlands
Indonesia
U.S.’ Congress
Remembering the Free Russia seventy years later
Ralph de Toledano asks who recalls the March 1917 split and Bolshevik rise. He recalls Lenin and Trotsky abroad, Kerensky’s remorse, and Wilson’s language on self-determination, as a warning against forgetting the past’s price. The piece ponders history written by winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Soviet Communist Party
Lenin
Trotsky
Russia
Eugene Truhetskey
Belahevik
Trubetskoy
Red Guard
Bolehaviks
Alvinanis
Moscow
Jo. Washinton
Alexander Kerensky
Kerensky
N Attre
Woodrow Wilson
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U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Evans & Novak
James J. Kilpatrick
V. Wallin Llegal
Carl T. Rowan
Kissinger
Charles de Gaulle
Copley
Servica
Ralph de Toledano
Constituent Assembly
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