A Bicentennial Moment Henry's Liberty Or Death Oration
A speech by Patrick Henry delivered 200 years ago in Henrico Parish Richmond urges armed resistance, asserts three million Virginians can prevail, and declares liberty or death as the watchword. The narrator invites readers to hear Henry's martial cadence and resolve.
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Henrico
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Richmond
Virginia House of Urgesses
Williamsburg
John Murray
Earl of Dunmore
Virginia
Atlantic Seaboard
Committee of Public Safety
Republic
Boston
Patrick Henry
Benefits of Congressional Vacations
Washington message argues Congress’ Easter recess aids the nation by reducing fiscal friction while noting inaction on major economic measures since President Ford took office. It cites mixed tax rebate figures, fuel policy disputes, and voluntary restraints on gasoline use as factors in slow inflation and an improving economy.
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Treasury
Simon
Ford
White House
House of Representatives
Senate
al Ullman
Ways and Means Committee
Committee
Finding God and trust in faith and politics
A Furman University chaplain frames the longing to find God through scripture, trust, and action. He contrasts devotional doubt with faith expressed in conduct, then critiques Congress, noting inefficiency and hypocrisy while predicting public service funding debates and political maneuvering.
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God
Jesus
Tennyson
Conglomerates Kill Books In Publishing Skewed Market
The piece reviews Richard Kostelanetz's The End of Intelligent Writing, arguing that publishers' conglomerates and a New York literary mob have crushed opportunities for innovative authors. It cites rising costs, high prices, and a review-press oligarchy that suppresses nonconforming voices, including Christian writers, while praising Kostelanetz’s critique of the publishing establishment.
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Richard Kostelanetz
Sheed & Ward
Kostelanetz
W. B. Yeats
James Joyce
T. S. Eliot
Ezra Pound
Simon & Shuster
New York
Jason Epstein
Irving Howe
Norman Podhoretz
Robert B. Silvers
America
Midtown Manhattan
Parting Shot and Bicentennial Crisis Report
Congressman Sludgepump says his presidential announcement drew no surprise and little interest. A Bicentennial office crisis unfolds as a researcher notes that 200 years ago today nothing happened, marking an odd historical footnote.
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Sludgepump
Barry Goldwater on Bureaucracy and Austria’s Welfare State
Barry Goldwater argues government subsidies and a growing public payroll threaten the U S economy. He cites Austria’s wartime welfare state collapse and warns that indexing wages to the cost of living creates an “index spiral” that strains fiscal stability. He notes payrolls ballooned from 1963 to 1973, outpacing population and inflation.
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Kredit
United States
U.S
Postal Service
Washington
Discipline and suspension policy at Patrick Henry High
A national look at school discipline argues for firm suspension when students threaten order. Patrick Henry High School recently reviewed 31 cases and suspended eight for the rest of the year. Superintendent M Don Pack says education free from fear is nonnegotiable, but recognizes limits to discipline’s reach and its impact on peers and future behavior.
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M. Don Pack
Cain and Abel
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