Rising health care costs hit American families hard
Official figures show health care takes about 10 percent of family income with medical costs rising faster than overall inflation. The President's Council critiques AMA claims that price hikes reflect better care and says patients often accept high charges. It notes doctors’ monopolies, limited patient input, and a drift toward nationalized care against libertarian and medical opposition.
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Council On
American Medical Association
Sunset Law signs into effect in Colorado
Governor Richard Lamm signed the nations first Sunset Law forcing state agencies to justify existence within six year life cycles. If not justified, the agency can be phased out with a year to complete business. The move, praised as a model, echoes national calls by Muskie and Goldwater for a four year life plan for federal programs to curb waste.
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Richard Lamm
Colorado
Lamm
Muskie and
Goldwater
Reconciliation In Spain welcomes exiled opponents home
Two long exiled opponents of Franco return as King Carlos I’s plan to ease civil war bitterness takes effect. Senor Claudio Sanchez Albornoz calls for peace and national understanding under a regime of freedom while Spain’s government offers exile, aid to disabled veterans, and admission to dissidents except hardline criminals.
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Spain
Carlos I
Senor
Claudio Sanchez Albornoz
Sr. Albornoz
Carlos
Lincoln Brigade
Kilpatrick Defends Private School Rights in Racial Case
James J. Kilpatrick argues against using civil rights law to force all white private schools to admit Black pupils. He notes the 1866 act hinges on abolishing slavery and questions the right to private association, privacy, and contracts. He contends private schools, funded and run privately, may exclude based on beliefs, challenging the notion of an absolute right to join any group.
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Washington
U.S. Supreme Court
Virginia
Fourth
Supreme Court
Thert
Bobbe
Arlington
Fairfax-Brewster
Fairfax County
The S-1 Bill A Shelter For Liberty Critics Fight Crime Code
Washington column recalls the S 1 debate as liberals decry federal crime control while senators McClellan Hruska Eastland and Ervin defend the measure. Former Governor Brown warns against utopian hopes as the bill nears passage amid sharp partisan and civil libertarian opposition.
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John McClellan
D-Ark
Roman Hruska
Neb
James Eastland
D-Miss
Hruska
S-1
Ben
Sam Ervin
D-N.c
Hitler
Stalin
Edmund Brown
National Commission For Reform of Federal Criminal Laws
Congress
Brown
Washington
Senator Soaper and the future of vocal obedience machines
The piece riffs on command obeying computers, political personality, and presidential selection. It touches on training ASIs to respond to orders like Drop dead, notes a White House social factor, questions the vice presidency path, and mocks cigar politics and Havana trade.
Storm Trooper Violence in Labor Strikes Sparks National Alarm
A critique condemns union violence against nonmembers and independent unions, citing the January Lake Charles attack at Jupiter Chemical Co. where a worker died and others were wounded. It calls for right to work laws, antitrust reforms, and stronger enforcement to curb mob actions and protect workers nationwide.
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Teamsters
Lake Charles
Jupiter Chemical Co
United States of America
Afl-Cio
International Union of Operating Engineers
Laborers Construction Union
Lousiana
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Lousiania
Minden
Hubbs
Kittle
Labor Dept. Bowtows
Buckley on gender bias in writing and language
William F Buckley Jr argues against sexist language mandates from the NCTE insisting first class writers like McCarthy Oates Spark and Didion should be judged by craft not gendered expectations. He faults attempts to replace masculine terms with generic ones as muddled and unnecessary.
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Mary McCarthy
Joyce Carol Oates
Muriel Spark
Joan Didion
Ans
Wordens
National Council of Teachers of English
League
Milton
Pope
Faulkner
Clifton Fadiman
NCTE
Henry Wallace
Lucius Beebe
Bulletin
Gal Friday
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April
James J. Kilpatrick
Hworris
Russa
China
Holmes Alexander
Washington, D.C
American Civil Liberties Union
Senate
Senator Soaper
White House
Ireland
Havana
Anthony Harrigan
D.C
Ronnie
Leitner, Morain, Hinderer
William F. Buckley Jr
Danville
the Register Publishing Co., Inc
Union St
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