Read all you can about reading and its future
The June Bulletin weighs reading versus multimedia in education. Wendell Iddings argues for universal literacy as the core in schooling, while Barbara Sizemore and Postman favor multimedia and electronic storage. The piece defends reading as foundational, citing Truman and libraries, urging all to read widely.
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Bulletin of the Council For Basic Education
Wendell B. Iddings
Board of
Lebanon, Ind
CBE Bulletin
Richmond
Harry Truman
Independence Library
Reading About Ourselves Abroad in Brussels Opinion
Halmes Alexander critiques an International Herald Tribune opinion piece by Anthony Lewis on Chile and Nixon. He questions whether U S papers abroad should publish harsh truths and argues for balanced, non smear reporting while acknowledging foreign perceptions of American policy and torture.
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Brussels
America
U.S
Europe
Mid East
International Herald Tribune
New York Times
Washington Post
Nixon
Anthony Lewis
Lewis
Boston
Chile
Rose Styron
New York Review of Books
Amnesty International
President Allende
Richard Nixon
Santiago
Latin America
East Pakistan
South Korea
South Vietnam
Greece
Stalin
Solzhenitsyn
Peregrine Worsthorne
London Telegraph
Reporters or Ringmasters in Kissinger Controversy
A critical column defends Kissinger amid press scrutiny over leaks and a bear-baiting press conference. It contrasts American media zeal with alleged British bias and cites Solzhenitsyn and Worsthorne while defending U.S. policy aims in Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Book Industry Boom Shapes Reading Habits Across America
The rise from 2,076 to 39,951 titles since 1880 presages a $3.2 billion market. Hard covers falter as readers opt for cheaper paperbacks, and fiction faces tougher times while best sellers in non fiction outperform novels. Economical culture drives choices, yet romance remains, and even a sinless man would not cast the first stone.
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United States
Studs" Terkel
Fluoride Frenzy Fails to Turn Nader Toward Fluoridation
A opinion piece argues environmentalists overstate pollution concerns and criticizes water fluoridation as a harmful, unnecessary control. It accuses activists of myth making, labels fluoride a pollution, and questions Nader's silence on the issue while linking campaigns to health risks and civic overreach.
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Nis
Space
Mars
Earth
Ralph Naders
Ralph Niter
Nader
Nation picks through polls and humor in odd week
Senator Soaper remarks on National Pickle Week as a government pushback, noting public opinion polls among American youths show little difference in knowledge. A columnist riffs on Thoreau, Sludgepump, Watergate tapes, and the humor of a ledger of public life amid rising grocery costs and oddities in daily life.
True Story of George Jackson and His Revolutionary Illusions
A critique tracing the mythic status of San Quentin inmate George Jackson as a revolutionary icon. It notes media attention, later claims about Jackson’s role in prison and courthouse violence, and the claim that his supporters fed his delusions of imminent Communist revolution.
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San Quentin
George Jackson
New York Times
Soledad Stuiver
Radica
England
Angela Davis
Jackson
Tom Wicker
New Yorkrimes
Soledad Prison
Soledad
Village Voice
Greg Arm
Armstrong
Marin County
United States
Ho Chi Minh
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Iddings
Barbara Sizemore
Washington, D.C
McLuhan
Halmes Alexander
James J. Kilpatrick
Henry Kissinger
Wearthy
Kissinger
White House
FBI
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Washington
State Department
Tia
Prince Fahd
Saudi Arabia
Salzburg
Ireland
Worsthorne
Britain
Africa
Asia
U.S. Information Agency
Radio Free Europe
Ralph de Toledane
Ralph Nader
Thoreau
Sludgepump
Jeffrey Hart
Danville
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