Sleaze and speech collide in Washington after Bush veto
Commentary on political sleaze spans both money gifts and nepotism versus the rhetoric of George Bush vetoing the minimum wage. Edward Kennedy and George Mitchell are cited on television with Mitchell accusing Bush of tax policy that benefits the wealthy while offering little to the poor.
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George Bush
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Edward Kennedy
George Mitchell
Evening News
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Mitchell
Bush
Ernest Hemingway
Washington
Capital gains tax cuts and the politics of wealth
The author argues that tax policy favors the rich in the short run, noting 1987 capital gains returns show many filers with low incomes benefit. It condemns the Bush plan for excluding those under $20,000, questions Mitchell’s figures on gains, and criticizes minimum wage hikes as harming the poorest while ignoring broader economic sleaze in politics.
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Tom Wicker
United States
Mitchell
Flat Earth Society
Sens. Kennedy and Mitchell
Sen. Mitchell
Voice of the People letters on crime and Nicaragua stance
Readers debate court effectiveness in drug cases and high profile murders, criticize local officials, and defend freedom fighters in Nicaragua. Letters cite Sawbrick, Ortega, and Witness for Peace while referencing Somoza era memories and Watchtower Jehovah's Witnesses.
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Swarbrick
Ethiopia
Ortega
Somoza
Central America
Panama
Noriega
Witness For Peace
Freedom Fighters
Jimmy Stewart and Call Northside 777 Left a Lasting Impression
The author recalls Jimmy Stewart as a defining influence and highlights his Chicago Times newspaper role in Call Northside 777. The semi documentary film follows Stewart as he seeks exoneration for a man wrongfully convicted of murdering a policeman eleven years earlier.
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Jimmy Stewart
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WGN
Northside
Stewart
Chicago
The
Chicago Times
Lee J. Cobb
Call Northside 777 and the real pull of newsroom life
The piece contrasts movie journalism with real work in a city paper. It notes Stewarts portrayal of the press as a force for truth, yet shows a newsroom's daily grind with road and sewer repairs, front-page limits, and the push to serve the public while balancing ads and family concerns. A boy sees more in a game than the film suggests.
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Stewart
Northside 777
Jimmy Stewart
Wright mirrors Powell ethics gamble as fall from power
Washington report notes Wright echoed Powell by overestimating fellow lawmakers' leniency toward ethics breaches. Powell faced removal but later regained a seat. Wright faced mounting charges, lost support, and resigned as first House speaker to quit under fire in a parallel scandal trajectory.
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Jim Wright
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