Reagan’s poetic foreign policy lifts arts in White House
Guest column lauds Ronald Reagan reviving culture in Washington with poetry as diplomacy. The piece imagines verses dispatched to foreign leaders and Congress, praising the return of class while lampooning the old Georgia politics.
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Ronald Reagan
White House
Washington, D.C
Reagan
al Haig
Soviet Union
el Salvador
Poland
Congress
Memo From Mac Roving Editor on a Western Road Trip
John McCormally of Harris News Service recounts a 3,500 mile lasso loop from Mississippi to the Missouri headwaters and back through the West. He and his family visited national forests and parks including the Badlands Black Hills Mt Rushmore Cave of the Winds Devil's Tower Old Faithful Mammoth Hot Springs and Grand Teton noting geology and America the Beautiful in a reflective travel piece.
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Mississippi
Missouri
Colorado
Platte
Prairies
National Forest
National Park
John
Terence
Badlands
Black Hills
Mt. Rushmore
Cave of the Winds
Devil’s Tower
Old Faithful
Mammoth Hot Springs
Jackson’s Hole
Flaming Gorge
Dinosaur
Grand Teton
Grand Lake
Grand Island
America the Beautiful
Mountains, rivers, and a plea to preserve nature
The narrator traces Yellowstone and other Rocky Mountain landscapes from 12 000 feet along the trail ridge road to Greeley, highlighting rivers, glacial sources, and the Ogallala aquifer. They reflect on soil, wind, water, and the awe of nature, noting 100 million vacationers visit parks yearly and hoping preservation endures for future generations.
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Trail Ridge
Rocky Mountain National Park
Big Thompson Canyon
Greeley
Ogallala
Public Education Crisis Echoes Through Five Decades
Five decades after a New Republic essay, Diane Ravitch argues American public education remains confused and aimless. She supports a modern revival of clear goals and common knowledge to foster a literate, civically engaged public.
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Boyd Bode
New Republic
Diane Ravitch
Columbia University
Kilpatrick Reflects On Israel Iraqi Reactor Raid
James Kilpatrick discusses the June 7 Israeli raid on the Iraqi reactor. He weighs legality and prudence, assuming the plant could be for bomb production and near uranium movement, noting Iraq's hostile stance toward Israel and the broader international law questions involved.
Israel's raid judged sound given immanent Iraqi reactor threat
The piece argues that despite criticism the Israeli strike was wise under a state of war since 1948. It notes Iraq could not be deterred by treaties and that three atomic bombs could threaten Israel. It credits the assault as well executed with limited casualties and discusses global reactions and regional consequences.
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Israel
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Begin
Washington
Washington Post
Joseph H. Nye Jr
Harvard
George W. Ball
New York Times
U. N
United States
Lebanon
Fake U S passports ease to obtain and border fraud blamed
The piece reports on widespread passport fraud with drug smugglers buying phony documents in Los Angeles for as little as three dollars, noting tens of thousands of bogus applications annually and up to twenty thousand visas sold yearly. It cites State Department friction and security concerns over the integrity of the passport system and possible Foreign Service involvement. It also covers whistleblower Stephanie Garland who sues the Labor Department alleging retaliation after exposing fraud and mismanagement, amid reorganizations and a claims backlog.
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Washington
United States
Los Angeles
Jack Mitchell
Justice Department
U.S
State Department
Department
Foreign Service
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Lacey
Zonker
Bick
By Dolores Hope
Ravitch
James Kilpatrick
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France
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Stephanie Garland
Labor Department
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