Arctic icebreaker push for stronger Coast Guard rule
Cantwell and Larsen push a Coast Guard authorization to keep icebreakers capable of protecting U S interests as Arctic access grows. Six heavy and four medium icebreakers are needed, with vessels costing about 1 billion dollars and taking a decade to build amid a shifting Arctic trade and strategic dynamic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle Times
U.S. Arctic
Arctic
U.S. Coast Guard
Maria Cantwell
D-Wash
Rick Larsen
Coast Guard
U.S
China
Japan
Republic of Korea
Arctic Council
Healy
Polar Star
Cantwell
U.S. Navy
Drought prominence and national entitlement stance feature
Editorially selected online remark criticizes entitlements for the rich and oil firms while federal lawmakers fail to address the financial crisis. Ken Jameson of Garden City Co-op comments on drought, highlighted as a top local story of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gctelegram.com
Ken Jameson
Garden City Co-op
Garden City Letters Policy Echoes Editor Rules
The Telegram invites signed letters to the editor with writer address and phone for verification. Letters must be 500 words or less, subject to editing for libel and length. Thank you notes should be general. form letters, poems, consumer complaints, and business testimonials will not be printed.
Faith, Freedom, and History Unite in 1989 Miracle Note
Susan Stamper Brown argues that moral decline threatens America and cites the 1989 East German peaceful uprising as a miracle when prayer and citizen action helped topple the Berlin Wall. She links faith to liberty and urges action in 2013. Email provided. Distributed by Cagle Cartoons Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Berlin
Leipzig
Berlin Wall
East Germany
Soviet Union
Susan Stamper Brown
Cagle Cartoons Inc
Negotiating theater and the fiscal cliff debate
In a sharp Other Words column Donald Kaul critiques John Boehner and Eric Cantor for demanding concessions while Obama negotiates. He mocks the parties for stalling talks, notes shifts on tax thresholds, and rues the budget stalemate edging toward a cliff. He argues the U S story shows high incarceration and a flawed political system, yet praises living in America while seeking a second opinion on global leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Boehner
Eric Cantor
Barack Obama
United States
Obama
Courage to tighten gun laws in Connecticut stance
In response to mass shootings, the columnist argues for stronger federal and state gun controls. He lists six proposed measures including background checks, ban on large magazines and assault weapons, licensing, micro stamping, and closing the gun show loophole. He criticizes gun industry influence and calls Connecticut to act now. He notes 30,000 annual gun deaths and critiques drones and overseas bases as part of a broader critique of violence and policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barack Obama
Connecticut
America
Sandy Hook
Newtown
You
National Rifle Association
American Legislative Exchange Council
Obama
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dena Sattler
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
N. Seventh St
Garden City
Gctelegram
Darfur
Russia
Alex Solzhenitsyn
Marx
Philip Yancey
God
Susan Brown Cagle
Donald Kaul
Arwords.org
House
National Institutes of Health
Food and Drug Administration
Federal Emergency Management Agency
New York Times
Eduardo Porter
United States of America
Vladimir Putin
Ann Arbor, Mich
Otherwords.org
William Collins
Other
William A. Collins
Norwalk
Conn
Www
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!