Editorial: Let the cameras roll in the Senate
Editorial urges lifting barriers to televising Senate proceedings led by Sen. James McClure. It argues public access serves accountability and notes the House already allows cameras. It dismisses opposition as absent senators and cites Pope John Paul II coverage as a brief TV disruptor.
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Gandhi's plan to pack courts sparks outrage across India
The piece warns Indira Gandhi aims to court-pack judiciary to sideline opposition and revive emergency powers. Critics fear removal of judicial checks could turn the prime minister's office into a rubber stamp, risking press censorship and coercive controls once deemed a dark chapter in Asia's democracy.
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India
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Six Day Ozarks Visit Reassesses Silver Dollar City
A reader rebuttal recounts a six day Ozarks trip to Silver Dollar City, praising Marvel Cave and a Courthouse drama, noting clean grounds, friendly staff, craft demonstrations, live music, and good food. The writer defends the park against a prior negative impression and signals a likely return in summer.
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Silver Dollar City
Koster
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Cosmos and faith clash in Jim Bishop book notes
The essay discusses Carl Sagan and his Cosmos as a poetic universe then argues about belief and science. It contrasts religious authority with scientific insight and notes that many see biblical stories as allegory. It highlights the human brain as a powerful tool for understanding reality.
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Earth
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Sagan view of Cosmos limits and the God question
The piece reflects on Carl Sagan’s view of Cosmos linking sight sound smell taste and touch to knowledge while noting human limits to grasp infinity. It contrasts Sagan with belief in God, arguing the vastness of space implies a creator and questions the origin of space itself. The narrative ends with the claim that someone invented the space for this to happen.
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Sagan
Space
Missing kitchen repairman triggers comic Bureau of Missing Persons report
Art Buchwald scene features Sergeant Callahan as a caller reports a missing kitchen appliance repairman. A distraught woman explains her dishwasher is torn to pieces and the man vanished after saying he would return to the shop for a motor part. The exchange hints at ongoing trouble with the machine and a prolonged absence.
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Bureau of Missing Persons
Callahan
The Vanishing 24 Hour Repairman
A distressed homeowner recounts hiring a 24 hour service man who disappears after dismantling a dishwasher. Police explain we track hundreds of runaway repairmen daily and lack authority to compel return, leaving the family to hope he calls or reappears, possibly under another name.
Begin Defies Ministers in Decision to Attack Iraqi Reactor
Washington reports reveal Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin overruled ministers and pressed for a public raid on Iraq Osirak reactor. CIA and DIA warned of risks but Begin framed the move as a bold Entebbe style strike.
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Saddam Hussein
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Osirak
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Ariel Sharon
Yitzhad Shamir
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