Language skills gap alarms business and schools in U S
More than 200 million Chinese students study English while only 24 thousand American students learn Chinese. The gap threatens commerce and cultural understanding as the US relies on a National Security Language Initiative that has funneled over 80 million into schools. Businesses urged to fund teacher training and curricula to build a bilingual workforce.
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Letters to the Editor Policy at Telegram
The Telegram invites signed letters with writer address and phone. all letters are confirmed before publication and may be edited for libel and length. Submissions should be under 500 words. General thank yous, form letters, poems, and business testimonials will not be printed.
First Amendment Text Cited Law Free Speech
The First Amendment limits Congress from establishing religion or infringing free exercise, and restricts laws abridging speech or press, while protecting peaceful assembly and petition of government for redress.
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Middle East at tipping point as wars revive old scars
Rich Lowry surveys the Middle East’s feral violence, drawing parallels to 16th and 17th century religious wars. He cites Hamas and Fatah clashes in Gaza, Sunni Shiite sectarianism, and the Iraq and Syria crises, arguing Western influence provokes radicalism while urging cautious engagement with regional leaders to avert catastrophe. He warns that al Qaida and Iran threaten global spillover and laments missed chances for peace.
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Climate change threat to U S security outlined by Worster
Donald Worster warns that global climate change poses a greater, broader danger to the United States than terrorism. He cites IPCC projections of 3 to 7 degree warming and rising seas, threatening crops, water, and urban centers, urging action now.
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Seale Found Guilty in 1964 Killings of Dee and Moore
James Ford Seale, a reputed Ku Klux Klan member, is convicted in Jackson Mississippi of kidnapping and conspiracy in the 1964 murders of Henry Dee and Charles Moore. The case, part of civil rights era justice efforts led by the SPLC, highlights ongoing probes into racially motivated hate crimes and the slow march toward accountability.
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