New Tone In Washington Aims For Bipartisan Change
Our view notes that Obama seeks cooperation to tackle economy and war while imposing a pay freeze for White House aides earning over 100000 and restricting lobbyist influence. He pledges greater FOIA openness and a break from business as usual, urging lawmakers to confirm Hillary Clinton.
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Oval Office
White House
Bush
John McCain
Hillary Clinton
Clinton
McCain
Washington
Congress
Telegram invites signed letters to editor for publication
The Telegram welcomes letters to the editor with signature, address, and phone number. All letters will be confirmed before publication and may be edited for libel and length. Thank you letters should be general. form letters, poems, consumer complaints or business testimonials will not be printed.
First Amendment text in brief governing religion speech press
The First Amendment prohibits Congress from establishing a religion or prohibiting its free exercise. It also bars abridging freedom of speech or the press and protects the right of the people to peaceably assemble and petition the government for redress of grievances.
Volunteer zeal amid cynicism and a new national service mood
Kathleen Parker critiques a shift toward earnest national service under Obama. She notes events from CASA Cynics Anonymous to a broad volunteer push, urges personal involvement, and questions voluntarism's pressure and national unity messaging while highlighting King Day and USAService.org initiatives. The piece blends satire with call to action and references Michelle Obama and public pledges.
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King
National Service Day
Homeland Security
Usaservice.org
Renew America Together
Darfur
Sudan
Michelle Obama
UCLA
Barack
America
Chicago
CASA
Bush’s valedictory critiques warn of a costly war policy
In his farewell, President Bush reflects on mistakes from Abu Ghraib to Iraq’s lack of WMDs while critics say he placed war costs on a small civilian fraction. The piece cites his 2001 hope for no sacrifices, mass deployments for troops, and growing deficits as Peter Orszag notes unsustainable budgeting.
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White House
Bush
Abu Ghraib
Iraq
Guantanamo
Afghanistan
Korea
Vietnam
World Trade Center
Pentagon
Congress
Washington National Cathedral
Lower Manhattan
Virginia
Fdr
Camp David
America
John McCain
Peter Orszag
Office of Management and Budget
Kansas local government: affordability and consolidation debate
Kansas faces a high density of general purpose governments with 2,084 units serving about 2.78 million residents. Since 1980 local government employment surged 65 percent while population rose 17.4 percent. If employment tracked population, billions could be saved. consolidation is urged by House Speaker Mike O Neal and policy researchers. Dave Trabert comments.
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Thomas Paine
Gerald Ford
U.S. Census Bureau
Kansas
District of Columbia
North Dakota
South Dakota
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Census Bureau
BEA
Mike O’ Neal
Rreno
Antoine de Saint Exupery
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